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Old 27-08-2011, 05:43 PM   #1
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Default I floor it, my fuel gauge goes all funky!

Okay so my 92 EB Falcon, I put my foot down the other day and the fuel gauge went up and down and all wonky...I was a little confused...any ideas?

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Old 27-08-2011, 05:45 PM   #2
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Old 27-08-2011, 05:51 PM   #3
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Default Re: I floor it, my fuel gauge goes all funky!

good to see i'm not the only one... Is yours a GLi by any chance?
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Old 27-08-2011, 05:57 PM   #4
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Ahahah yea it is a gli actually! What do you reckon it is?
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Old 27-08-2011, 06:11 PM   #5
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I have an EB GLi V8 Wagon, so i'd love to know too....


I went from the GLi cluster, to a Fairmont cluster, and the issues disappeared.... I'd say it's just a dodgy batch of clusters, or that the GLi clusters drop down :/
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Old 27-08-2011, 06:14 PM   #6
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oh right...fair enough then. How hard is it to replace the cluster?
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Old 27-08-2011, 06:17 PM   #7
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9 Screws, and 20 mins of your time!...


I've gotta put the EB Fairmont cluster back in tonight, so i'll be able to confirm if it's just the cluster or not..!
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Old 27-08-2011, 07:10 PM   #8
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Oh sweet, thats great. Do you know if the wiring harness needs to be changed at all?
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Old 27-08-2011, 07:28 PM   #9
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Nope, wiring harness *should* be the same between GLi, and Fairmont.

Fairmont GHIA will be different though.
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Old 27-08-2011, 07:30 PM   #10
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Sick, any difficulties with getting rego or anything like that though?
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Shouldn't be.... I've gone through a fair few clusters in my EF Wagon, and it's never had an issue with rego....
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Old 27-08-2011, 07:38 PM   #12
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Fair enough, thanks man. And to think that I just spent 150 bucks on a tacho cause mine doesnt have one, I could have just changed the cluster!

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