Hello
I have a 1991 Polo Fox Coupe and recently I've been adding a few upgrade parts. Much as I enjoy the spartan feel!
Today I got a set of GT clocks from a 1993 and trial fitted the unit this afternoon.
Glossing over the usual double-jointed shenanigans required to physically swap the basic standard Fox clocks (Speedo, no trip meter, water temp gauge and fuel gauge and basically thats your lot) I popped the GT clocks in to see what the state of play was.
Speedo, digital clock and rev-counter all working fine but the temp gauge and fuel meter were flat out dead.
A bit of a jiggle with the connection and the temp gauge came back to life but the Fuel is still flat as a pancake.
I know its not a sender issue as the bog-standard Fox unit works fine.
The GT clocks have been sat a while since being taken out of a Polish coupe that was driven from Warsaw to Dublin and has been parted by a mate.
They could be just broken but the chap I bought them from says they should be cool and I don't have any reason to disbelieve him.
As I say its just a trial fit and with the light fading I've left them in place tonight and I'll drive them to college and back tomorrow (there is about a quarter tank in there I know so that will be fine) and blast the heating through the car a bit to warm any dusty connections as I've heard people say sometimes the fuel gauge can be tricky if unused a while and cold.
Other than that is there anything I could be trying whilst I'm fiddling about, they'll be in and out this week anyway as the bulbs are all kippered and I want to swap the 33k Fox speedo over - can't live with speedo in just KMs either tbh!
Help is appreciated ladies and gents and thanks for any thoughts on the matter.
I have a 1991 Polo Fox Coupe and recently I've been adding a few upgrade parts. Much as I enjoy the spartan feel!
Today I got a set of GT clocks from a 1993 and trial fitted the unit this afternoon.
Glossing over the usual double-jointed shenanigans required to physically swap the basic standard Fox clocks (Speedo, no trip meter, water temp gauge and fuel gauge and basically thats your lot) I popped the GT clocks in to see what the state of play was.
Speedo, digital clock and rev-counter all working fine but the temp gauge and fuel meter were flat out dead.
A bit of a jiggle with the connection and the temp gauge came back to life but the Fuel is still flat as a pancake.
I know its not a sender issue as the bog-standard Fox unit works fine.
The GT clocks have been sat a while since being taken out of a Polish coupe that was driven from Warsaw to Dublin and has been parted by a mate.
They could be just broken but the chap I bought them from says they should be cool and I don't have any reason to disbelieve him.
As I say its just a trial fit and with the light fading I've left them in place tonight and I'll drive them to college and back tomorrow (there is about a quarter tank in there I know so that will be fine) and blast the heating through the car a bit to warm any dusty connections as I've heard people say sometimes the fuel gauge can be tricky if unused a while and cold.
Other than that is there anything I could be trying whilst I'm fiddling about, they'll be in and out this week anyway as the bulbs are all kippered and I want to swap the 33k Fox speedo over - can't live with speedo in just KMs either tbh!
Help is appreciated ladies and gents and thanks for any thoughts on the matter.