That's it; I had a 67B for years and I remember now that the oil gauge was
also affected by the stabilizer. So should I replace it now, or wait until
it goes completely? I don't notice a difference in the halogen lights(I'll
be installing a relay for the lights soon) or the wipers, but I also don't
use them much.
Monte
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:24 AM, PaulHunt73 <paulhunt73@virginmedia.com>wrote:
> Almost certainly the instrument voltage stabiliser. If the system voltage
> were dropping far enough to make that much of a difference to the gauges
> there would be other symptoms as well, particularly lights and wipers. In
> 67 it also fed the electric oil gauge, but it wouldn't affect anything else
> - unless it shorted to earth and blew the green circuit fuse. It's a
> heated bi-metal strip opening and closing a contact, hence an analogue
> device, so this is one of several modes of failure.
>
> PaulH.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>> I noticed the gas gauge and the temperature gauge both tend to drift about
>> a quarter of the way down from mid range and back again while driving. Is
>> this the voltage regulator? Is it getting weak or is it a "works", "don't
>> works" part? Or maybe it's not the regulator at all?
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