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[Kevrev]

Here's mine, 9/77 build

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[UCgazman]

Thanks Kevin, any chance you've got a pic of the whole back of the cluster?

[Kevrev]

Hi Garth,

Sorry I don't, I'll have to pull the cluster out to get a pic for you. Sounds look a good job for tomorrow!

[Retyred]

Hi Garth,

Here's a pic of the rear of mine. It is a 6/77 build.

The black box wired into the fuel gauge circuit is a balast resistor ( I believe). The fuel gauge was faulty and the guy who fixed it, maybe 10 years ago, said the bits were NLA so this was the only option.

Works OK, maybe a more elegant solution is available now?

Hope this helps.

Cheers Bill

 

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[hanra]

Strange? You can re wind the nichrome wire on the needles. That’s all that usually fails.

[S pack]

LX have a built in voltage regulator. An instrument repairer should be able to rewind it and get rid of that black box.

Edited by S pack, 17 September 2020 - 10:26 PM.

[hanra]

Oh yeah I just took a closer look. The entire mechanical voltage regulator is gone..... hahahaha. I use this no worries these days.

https://www.jaycar.c...ulator/p/XC4514

[hanra]

Fitted to a friends cluster I restored.

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[Retyred]

Great. I'll be getting my instruments checked soon so I'll try and get rid of that bulky regulator.

Thanks for the tips.

[UCgazman]

How's this? -

 

[308 Sunbird]

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