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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael DeCuir" <joe_leather@...>
To: <ev_update@...>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ev_update] Re: Fuel gauge


If the temp gauge still works can I rule out the voltage regulator?

Michael
'93 EV MV




Hi Mike,

Look in the Links section in the folder "Repairs, Repair Shop
Reviews, VAG-COM Codes" at the link "Instrument Cluster Intermittent
Water Temperature and Fuel gauge problem".
. groups.yahoo. com/group/ ev_update/ links/

You'll want to look at the connection of the voltage regulator as
well to make sure it's nice and tight. See the past discussion below.

BD
'01 MV WK

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:00:46 -0700 (PDT), "Mike McCarthy"
<mccarthy_mg@ yahoo.com <mailto:mccarthy_ mg%40yahoo. com>> said:

. 50megs.com/ EV_instrument. htm

<. 50megs.com/ EV_instrument. htm>

Check out that article for the procedure to remove and reinstall

the

cluster.

BUT, the conclusion -- that there's "cold solder" on the circuit

board

-- is wrong, imo. Having repaired three different clusters, and

having

seen a fourth upgraded cluster where VW eliminated the

problematic

socket entirely, I'm convinced the problem is not "cold solder"

but

rather the problem is the socket itself: it's too loose fitting.

IOW, don't worry about the solder joints holding the socket to

the

circuit board as bamberg advises; they're fine. Instead, remove

the
VR

(remove one screw, then slide it out) and notice that the legs of

the

voltage regulator (VR) slide very easily out of the socket. You

will

notice there's barely any friction at all, and no friction means
unreliable connections.

Then, with the VR entirely removed, hold the VR firmly between

your

thumb and forefinger (your flesh makes a great heatsink, and I
guarantee
you will not overheat and damage the thing if you are squeezing

it

between your fingers) and tin its leads with solder to fatten

them
up.

Then, slide the VR-with-fattened- leads back into the socket (and

note

it
will fit nice and snug), screw it down and then reassemble the

whole

mess. Gauges will work.

--- In ev_update@yahoogrou ps.com, "Mike" <joe_leather@ ...> wrote:

Hello,

Let just say hello to the group I have been lurking here for a

little

while now. I am learning a lot and though I do not have a camper

or

an automatic transmission I enjoy reading those posts. What I do
have is 1993 Eurovan MV with 177365 miles. I have owned it for

three

years and before that barrowed it from my in-laws who I believe

were

the second owners. The tachometer has been acting up but I can

live

with that. Today the gas gauge was higher than it ever was then

it

dropped to empty. My question is that the sender or the gauge?

Also

could someone measure the distance from the headliner to the top

of

the rearview mirror and tell me the measurement? My father-in-law
glued it and it seems to low.

Thanks for all the help!

Michael D.

Northern California
93 EVMV
03 Passat

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