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rt400 07-10-2023 07:47 AM

ELECTRICAL ISSUES
 
Advice appreciated. 1968 GTO with factory gauges. When turn signal is on, oil pressure and water temp gauge needles flicker with the blinking of flasher?
Thanks in advance.

JSchmitz 07-10-2023 08:49 AM

Sounds like a bad ground.

1969GiPper 07-10-2023 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by rt400 (Post 6439059)
Advice appreciated. 1968 GTO with factory gauges. When turn signal is on, oil pressure and water temp gauge needles flicker with the blinking of flasher?
Thanks in advance.

When you say “with factory gauges” do you mean the gauges were installed at the factory or someone installed factory gauges to replace factory warning lights?

I ask this because converting warning lights to gauges requires a couple of changes to the wiring harness.

OG68 07-10-2023 11:57 AM

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Ground straps for a 68 gauge panel

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Greg Reid 07-10-2023 12:10 PM

Boy, that's a might pretty instrument panel Ed!

rt400 07-10-2023 01:37 PM

1969GiPper
They are factory installed gauges. Thanks

OG68 07-10-2023 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Greg Reid (Post 6439109)
Boy, that's a might pretty instrument panel Ed!

Courtesy of Pete Serio.

Vid 07-24-2023 12:26 AM

Easy fix, just drive like 99% of the population and don’t use turn signals! Haha sorry but you left the door open for that joke [emoji1782]


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north 07-27-2023 12:36 PM

It is a ground issue but I find some cars will still have the gauges bounce (and shift when lights are on) even if you have good cluster case grounding, maybe also a ground problem in the printed circuit itself or even the gauges themself.


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