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General => General discussion => Topic started by: burna on 29 September 2005, 21:22

Title: broken clocks, sort of
Post by: burna on 29 September 2005, 21:22

can anyone help me, ive got a mk2 golf gti 8v on a j reg, and the temp guage,fuel guage and all the MFA display just reading -:--
they were all  working tonight untill  i hit a pot hole. the speedo and rev counter still runnin fine tho whereas the rest all dead.

anyone else encountered this?

thanx

burner

Title: Re: broken clocks, sort of
Post by: Mr Blue on 29 September 2005, 23:03

pull the fuse out for the clocks or just disconnect the battery for a few seconds. should reset the clocks :smiley:

Title: Re: broken clocks, sort of
Post by: burna on 29 September 2005, 23:26

ah, could they have just tripped out? tried all the terminals on the back and the seemed fine :undecided:

Title: Re: broken clocks, sort of
Post by: illumin on 30 September 2005, 11:59

Check the earth straps as well - there are three of them. My clocks went loopy the other week, so had a similar problem. The three straps are as follows:

1. Main strap - Battery to body to gearbox
2. Rocker cover to coil bracket
3. Body to bonnet (passenger side)

If they are split/generally knackered replace them, the main strap might just need a good clean up. The eyelet connectors easily clean up with a wire brush/fine sandpaper.

Can't say that it will definitely help, but worth checking.............. :grin: :grin: