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Voltage Regulator Replacement(for water/coolant and fuel gauges)
credit to Nakazoto


My water temperature guage and my fuel guage were both dead when I bought the car. This needed to be fixed (mostly the water temp. guage; I can live without a fuel guage). So I took the dash apart and started testing things with my multi-meter that the FSM said I should test (I just went down the little flow chart of what to check on this page:


"http://www.f31club.com/manual/electrical_system/meter_gauges/scan0061.gif"


Turned out my Voltage Regulator was suppsoed to output 8 volts but was only outputting 0.18 volts. So I bought a L7808 Voltage Regulator from Mouser.com (Although I dont know if I would buy from them again. Their website is a little difficult to navigate), soldered on some wires, crimped on some connectors, put it all back together and it worked like a charm!

Some Pics:


Dissasembled Dash:



The Bad Voltage Regulator and The Place Where It Was On The Back of The Guage Panel:



The Bad Voltage Regulator:



The New Voltage Regulator and Wires:




The New Regulator Installed:



And A Now Working Fuel and Temperature Guage: