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KezR33

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Hey guys, I'm new here.

A few weeks ago I bought an R33 GTS. Car is running fine, mechanic checked it out and says it all good under the hood. Only problem is the previous owner had these custom dash lights. They were mats placed over the current dash display, and were wired to light up. They worked fine during the test drive, but between then and the RWC the lights stopped working.

No problem, I removed the dash, pulled the mats off and continued to use the stock dash and lights. Only thing is, now my fuel gauge constantly says its full. I had to remove the needles on all my gauges to remove the mats, and I placed the fuel needle back where it originally was (about half way), but it went straight up to full and now it won't go down. It was working fine beforehand.

I've removed it all again and tried starting with the needle in various positions, but it just keeps jumping back to the full mark.

Is there something I must do to reset the gauge, or do I need to get it professionally looked at? It's no major problem, just an annoyance really.

Thanks.

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