Please Help!!

[sleepychallenger]

Hey all, having some issues with my guages. I replaced the guages and the limiter this weekend and they were working until I put the dash back together. Later on sunday I went out to the car to go out with the wife and the guages started not working as well and then they stopped completely. The limiter that I put in was NOT new. Any words of advice to trace down this issue ASAP would be greatly apprecitated. Please respond to my email


Thanks everyone.

[Chryco Psycho]

does Limiter = regulator , popssibly you need a new one?

[sleepychallenger]

voltage limiter is the dash voltage regulator, same thing. I cant find anyone that has one here. Do you think that could be it. I tried 3 other ones but none were new.

[Chryco Psycho]

standard has the part new , don`t seem to hve the # handy

[sleepychallenger]

do they have a web site?

[MEK-Dangerfield]

Do you have a standard dash, or rally? If it's a rally, does the tach. and clock still work? They have nothing to do with the voltage limiter, that's why I'm asking.

  Mike

[ShelbyDogg]

The clock and tach use 12v, The limiter takes that 12v and opens and closes a set of points very quickly to give the gas, oil, and temp guages 5v so they don't peg the needle. I think standard calls it a guage voltage limiter. Measure that regulator with a test light. You should have a light at the main wire in and a dim light at the output to the three guages.     Also look on Google for the solid state one that you build using a 5v regulator and resistors from Radio Shack, that fits inside the stock piece.

Rob

[sleepychallenger]

I do have the rallye dash. the tach doesnt work but the clock does. I checked for voltage at both sides of the limiter and the one side said 12 and the other had 0. I think the limiter may be my issue. now I can not find any that are accually for the E-body (3 prong (2 male 1 female)). everyone has the two prong b-body type. I tried standard and they sent me a pic and it too was for the two prong b-body. any other ideas.

How would I go about opening that one up to rebuild it?

[rallyechall]

This link may help. They sell your IVL.

  http://www.gcartrim.com/Instrument%20Clusters.htm#70%2074%20e%20body

[rallyechall]

I am not sure what year you are working with, but you may want to look for Standard numbers or Borg Warner as a cross reference. The pictures do show 2 prong, but you may want to look at them in person. Hope this helps...


Standard
VRC601 $26.79 Rockauto.com
VRC602 $17.70

Borg Warner
R307 $18.00 Rockauto.com

Wells
IRV607 $18.00
IRV603 $15.99  Auto Zone

[sleepychallenger]

gcartrim sent me pictures, they have it for 30. thanks for all the help. I will let everyone know how it turns out. I went to the autozone site and could not find that part number. how did you get that?

[sleepychallenger]

would you use an original style? just called autozone and they said that is a wrong part number and they cant even get it. this bites.

[Bullitt-]

EVERYBODY JUST CALM DOWN ok I have in my hand a brand new genuine NOS OE 3 prong Mopar dash voltage regulator HEMI MOTHERF#$%^. It reads 1 ohm across the terminals and 60 ohms from the terminals to the body/third terminal. Before you do anything else get an ohmmeter & check your voltage regulators. If they are all bad(& I bet they are not) you may be in luck. Probably the only difference in the 3 & 2 terminal styles is the e-bodies need the third terminal for an external ground. If so a wire with a male spade could be soldered to the body creating the missing terminal. R/T has em in
stock.  2258413          LIMITER DASH VOLTAGE             $41.25
http://www.rtspecialties.net/rt_inv.htm


 

[Bullitt-]

If I am right(that they are the same electrically) just plug in, assuming that the 2 terminals are oriented correctly. But my bet is that there is another problem. He did say at one point that they worked, someone else says that clock & tack? don't use regulator but he states that nothing is working, therefore maybe a bad ground, loose plug?

[Bullitt-]

These guy have new solid state units for $30.
http://www.gcartrim.com/Instrument%20Clusters.htm