I have just purchased a 77 spider, every thing was working just fine then nothing?
I checked the 2nd from the left fuse to find that the previous owner had a 25 amp
in it, I changed it with an 8 amp but still nothing, checked the grounds in the trunk
and they look OK, the gas gage sometimes bounces on and then off again, sounds
like a loose wire somewhere under the dash?
No turn signal or gas gage!
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- Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport
- Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Re: No turn signal or gas gage!
Do you have a wiring diagram for your car? That will help trace where the problem may be. Thanks to Brad Artigue, here's a link to one:
http://www.artigue.com/fiat/pubs/Wiring_1977.pdf
http://www.artigue.com/fiat/pubs/Wiring_1977.pdf
1972 124 Spider (Don)
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
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- Your car is a: 1979 Spider 2000 79 vw bus
- Location: Newcastle, WA
Re: No turn signal or gas gage!
I am going to guess that you are dealing with 2 problems. The fuel gauge bouncing on and off, is probably the sending unit in the tank (a common failure). Bet if you fill the tank then the gauge will read full, then aftera drive it will drop to E. Also, if you run the tank to the reserve level the warning light will come on. If that is the problem thwen it is ithe sending unit. The wire wrap resistor in the tank breaks and gives that behaviour. Replacement is like $50 bucks, and only takes a few minutes to replace.
Denise is right, get a wiring diagram, but first check all the bulbs. Bad bulb will do all sorts of bad things. Do signal lights come on and not flash?
Denise is right, get a wiring diagram, but first check all the bulbs. Bad bulb will do all sorts of bad things. Do signal lights come on and not flash?
Luck Dana
79 Spider 2000
carb
It all about the romace of the car and owner
79 Spider 2000
carb
It all about the romace of the car and owner
Re: No turn signal or gas gage!
Your right on with the bounce of the gas gage, when its full it does register. With the blinkers,
the emergency lights work, just no blinkers?
the emergency lights work, just no blinkers?
Re: No turn signal or gas gage!
Figured out the turn signal problem, simple relay switch was bad, funny how its alway the last thing ya check.
Well at least I know all my grounds are clean and bulbs are new and termanals are shiny
Well at least I know all my grounds are clean and bulbs are new and termanals are shiny
Re: No turn signal or gas gage!
nope. good thing it is the last thing ya check, cuz if you kept looking after ya found it, we'd begin to worry about ya!dlre77Fiat wrote:funny how its alway the last thing ya check.