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Old Oct 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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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 09:34 AM
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certainly sounds electrical to me... the fuel gauge works as a tach you say?
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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 09:51 AM
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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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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 11:31 AM
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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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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 11:46 AM
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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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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 11:48 AM
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Big effing hammer.
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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by hal93
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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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 02:06 PM
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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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