My mechanic has installed a fuel sending unit (thanks Rick Scott!!) in my car. He tells me that he thinks I have a problem in a relay switch behind the dash that goes to the fuel gauge. Does this sound right? If so, does anybody know where I can get this relay switch to get the fuel gauge working?
shrugging shoulders... I'll check it out. My son is bringing the car home tomorrow for me to look at.
More Info My son tells me that the mechanic told him that it is located behind the fuel gauge in the dash. He called it a relay switch. Something about how the switch was supposed to be sending pulses to the fuel gauge and it was sending one steady charge to the gauge. This is over my head. Maybe it's over my mechanic's head too, I don't know.
He is likely talking about the cluster regulator. Here is a post about troubleshooting http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=26343&highlight=cluster+regulator Usually one of 4 components Sending unit Wiring Cluster Regulator Guage
Well, maybe he said it was pulsing and it should be steady. Anyway, the instrument cluster regulator is the one behind the dash?? I may have seen one at rockauto's web site.
Yes, the regulator is a rectangle metal thing just to the side of the gas gauge on the back of the insturment cluster. You can't miss it. I have never seen one go bad. But who knows. I have had the actual fuel gauge itself be bad in 3 cars so far.
I had a couple of the Ford voltage regulators (not the alternator regulator, but the one behind the dash) go out in different cars that I've owned over the years. Usually you get some really erratic readings from all the gauges...of course the maverick only has one resistive gauge and the rest are idiot lights so you may not see anything else odd.
