Crawfie Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Took the 6 out for a trip today and when I left home, the fuel and temp gauges were working fine, and then suddenly not. As I've been here before, instantly thought of the voltage stabiliser (again !!) As I got nearer to home, they started working again. Turned off the ignition to open up the garage. Got back in, started her up and no gauge readings again. Dodgy fuse, voltage stabilizer or something more sinister, like a short somewhere ?? If it is the voltage stabilizer, where's the best placed to get a decent quality one ? The current one was only fitted April last year. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steves_TR6 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Those two guages failing in a synchronised fashion has to pint to their shared positive voltage feed. So that's either the stabiliser or its power feed. Perhaps rig up a temp new feed to check this before replacing the stabiliser? I bought one of the electronic stabilisers from ebay, seems to work ok and didn't cost much. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peejay4A Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Check the integrity of the fuses. I had the same symptoms and it turned out to be a faulty fuse. It wasn't blown but the fuse link was making intermittent contact with one of the end caps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Highly likely to be voltage stabiliser as the repros have a poor reputation. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crawfie Posted March 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Hi all, Fuses checked. All ok. New stabiliser ordered and will be fitted on Friday. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Denis Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Although our cars are very old now, I was interested to here on an American TV Classic Car Show recently how they hate Lucas electrical systems and wiring! And over the years we all thought it was just us! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobinTR6 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 And check the new one outputs 10 volts before you refit...just in case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Federau Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Steve, Had the same problem on mine. It appeared to be the fuse box - not the fuses - since the problem went avay when I rotated the fuse in question - the one with the red wire, on mine the bottom one. I cleaned the brass connections on all fuses with fine steele wool (not easy) and the problem stopped. Have now installed a new fuse box. Manfred Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpitFireSIX Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Steel wool and electrical contacts. Nooooooo. Cheers, Iain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Federau Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Iain, I just don't get it. What should be wrong with that. My car had been stationary for eight years and it was clear that the problem was that the brass connectors in the fuse box were pritty much coroded. I took the wires of (photo + documentation first!) removed the box, took it to my workshop, polished the fuse connectors + the lucar ones with steel wool, cleaned them afterwards and reinstalled the thing with new fuses. However, since the box did not look so well, i decided to change it - £15.50 at Rimmer Bross http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-RTC440A Manfred Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpitFireSIX Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Manfred, Sorry for delay in replying. Steel wool could get left behind and short out things. Steel wool would be difficult to use, but you had successfully used it. Steel wool just is something I would not have used. If it worked for you good job. Cheers, Iain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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