calibrating gauges

Moparty08 · Post by **Moparty08** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:57 pm

anybody know how to calibrate the speedometer needle? mine is about 12mph above what i'm actually traveling and i would like to get it back to normal.

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:00 pm

Do you have stock size tires? If yes, how can it be so far off. I don't think these things just lose calibration.

Moparty08 · Post by **Moparty08** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:36 am

my needle broke and i fixed it and put it back on and it was off a bit. but i figured it out. so i guess this thread is useless now.

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:08 am

not useless, have you tried figdgiting with the needle to move it to the right place?

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:53 am

Yea not useless at all. Someone else could possibly be having thesame problem n just not want to ask

Themaggots · Post by **Themaggots** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:35 pm

I'm pretty sure someone on here took a complete cluster apart. I think he simply pulled on the needle to get it off and push it back in. But it would need adjustement to be correct.

sxxxt · Post by **sxxxt** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:03 pm

just take the needle off and turn the car off. set the needle on the stopper, and then turn the car on and it should be in the right position.

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:07 pm

also if you hold in the button on the cluster and turn on the ign, the cluster dose a self test

Moparty08 · Post by **Moparty08** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:02 pm

well i turned the car on and then the needle went up to 12 mph then i just took it off and set it to where it should be and now it's doing pretty good. i'll definitely try that self test thingy out though. gf's got the car right now though

blueneo03 · Post by **blueneo03** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:03 pm

Craz1000 wrote:also if you hold in the button on the cluster and turn on the ign, the cluster dose a self test

will this reset the where the needles are?
my temp gauge is off a lot. when the car is at running temp it is in the blue section.

srtgtr34 · Post by **srtgtr34** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:53 pm

blueneo03 wrote:
Craz1000 wrote:also if you hold in the button on the cluster and turn on the ign, the cluster dose a self test
will this reset the where the needles are?
my temp gauge is off a lot. when the car is at running temp it is in the blue section.

No, it just does a full sweep of the gauges, you'd have to readjust the needle.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:18 am

if you turn ON ignition - the needles jumps to the zero position.
not really easy to put it on in right position - but it works.
(Don't try to stick it directly to zero - the needles weight will cause that it sits under zero than and shows less speed