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Jeep Wrangler YJ
YJ General Discussion
Gauge issues
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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 430986" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>Could be really anything along the way of the gauge wiring and parts. The ribbons seem to corrode quite frequently although I can't tell if it's related to region or what. My ribbons on both clusters are still pristine but I'm in texas....so you'll probably have to examine it. What you could do is reach up behind the cluster and pull the plug and then test the wiring on it from the connector and see what voltage you get. Could just have a gauge that isn't perfect. My gauge indicates nearly 15V when my alternator is truly doing more around 14-14.2.</p><p></p><p>Have not had the oil pressure sender issues. from what I recall in a convo with doop, the oil pressure works backwards of the coolant temp gauge. one of them pegs all the way when the wire is grounded, the other one should read 0 when the wire is grounded. And being unplugged, one of them would peg and the other would do nothing. I believe coolant temp pegs when you ground it and goes to 0 unplugged. I believe oil pressure goes to 80 unplugged and 0 when grounded. So you may have a faulty OP gauge if it's staying on 60 no matter what. Or as discussed earlier, maybe a ribbon issue causing reading problems with both.</p><p></p><p>The gauge wiring path is as such: gauge cluster connector, down to firewall rubber boot (connector there before wiring goes out the boot), then wiring goes up into the firewall loom and then out the firewall loom to a cube block connector, which transfers all of the connections to the engine harness which runs around the engine and to all of the gauges. It's pretty simple but can be difficult to access the wiring sometimes since it's all tied up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 430986, member: 18789"] Could be really anything along the way of the gauge wiring and parts. The ribbons seem to corrode quite frequently although I can't tell if it's related to region or what. My ribbons on both clusters are still pristine but I'm in texas....so you'll probably have to examine it. What you could do is reach up behind the cluster and pull the plug and then test the wiring on it from the connector and see what voltage you get. Could just have a gauge that isn't perfect. My gauge indicates nearly 15V when my alternator is truly doing more around 14-14.2. Have not had the oil pressure sender issues. from what I recall in a convo with doop, the oil pressure works backwards of the coolant temp gauge. one of them pegs all the way when the wire is grounded, the other one should read 0 when the wire is grounded. And being unplugged, one of them would peg and the other would do nothing. I believe coolant temp pegs when you ground it and goes to 0 unplugged. I believe oil pressure goes to 80 unplugged and 0 when grounded. So you may have a faulty OP gauge if it's staying on 60 no matter what. Or as discussed earlier, maybe a ribbon issue causing reading problems with both. The gauge wiring path is as such: gauge cluster connector, down to firewall rubber boot (connector there before wiring goes out the boot), then wiring goes up into the firewall loom and then out the firewall loom to a cube block connector, which transfers all of the connections to the engine harness which runs around the engine and to all of the gauges. It's pretty simple but can be difficult to access the wiring sometimes since it's all tied up. [/QUOTE]
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