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Old 10-17-2011, 08:31 AM
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K so my Cherokee has been acting funny.y gas gauge and speedo have been tripping dick lately. The gass gauge acts as a tachometer and my speedo will start to jump while imdrivig and some times parked. It's messed up an I need at least thr gas gauge. Any answers? My dad thinks that it is electrical. I have a 96 xj and only recently got my speedo working, due to the trans gear being messed up. Any suggestions.
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certainly sounds electrical to me... the fuel gauge works as a tach you say?
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your dads right but heres a test you can do to be sure. hit it with a BFH, if it doens't correct it is is definately and electrical issue.
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your dads right but heres a test you can do to be sure. hit it with a BFH, if it doens't correct it is is definately and electrical issue.
Yeah. But what is a BFH?
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certainly sounds electrical to me... the fuel gauge works as a tach you say?
Yeah it goes up and down with the throttle. Now it has completely stopped working. Bot the speedo and the gas gauge.
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Big effing hammer.
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Yeah it goes up and down with the throttle. Now it has completely stopped working. Bot the speedo and the gas gauge.
you may want to pull your instrument cluster and see if there isn't moisture or corrosion in it somewhere.... and nothing has melted.
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Originally Posted by Donnie_K

you may want to pull your instrument cluster and see if there isn't moisture or corrosion in it somewhere.... and nothing has melted.
Yeah. I will
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