Screwy Needles

Bringrice · Post by **Bringrice** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:07 pm

Ok so about those gauges...

Anyways I install them, everything is looking nice...but when I start my car it says that im going 20mph when Im realling in idle

Can anyone help me with this?

Better question...How do you balance the needle?

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sat Jul 26, 2003 12:18 am

I think I read that when you change the guage faces, you are supposed to mark the needle position on the shaft so you can line them back up.

Since you didn't do this, you may have to keep taking the dash apart to calibrate all the guages.

You may not have put the gas needle back in the right place, or the temp guage ... and you have allready said the speedometer is wrong.

On a plus side, at least you don't have to take the plastic shield out... yet.

Bringrice · Post by **Bringrice** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 2:33 am

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote:I think I read that when you change the guage faces, you are supposed to mark the needle position on the shaft so you can line them back up.

Since you didn't do this, you may have to keep taking the dash apart to calibrate all the guages.

You may not have put the gas needle back in the right place, or the temp guage ... and you have allready said the speedometer is wrong.

On a plus side, at least you don't have to take the plastic shield out... yet.

Yea I think I figured it out...I turned my car on with the needles out, put the car in idle, and put the needles on so they read zero. Drove around the street a little bit to calibrate it and screwed everything back into place...Looks like its pretty acurate

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 1:56 am

I still have to put my set in. I'm working on a custom gauge bezzle so I want to wait until this is finished so I only have to pull it apart once.