[DML] Re: volt meter ground???

[tobyp@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Mike - I know that several people have weighed in on this question, 
but in reviewing their answers, it occurred to me that they hadn't 
actually answered your question.  You are asking about the ground 
for the voltage gauge in the dash, are you not?  If that is the 
case, it sounds like you have a twitchy or erratic gauge, and are 
wondering if a bad ground might be the cause.  I may be wrong, but I 
think that the ground point for the dash instruments is to a metal 
part of the dash structure just behind the radio.  Also, there was a 
great article in Gullwing Magazine about this very subject - the 
twitchy volt gauge - in the Winter 2003 issue.  Bob Zilla wrote a 
good piece about locating and cleaning a rather fragile connection 
at the back of the instrument cluster.  Bob suggested in this 
article that a dirty connection here would result in the symptoms 
you describe.  You should check it out.

Toby Peterson  VIN 2248  "Winged1"
DeLorean Parts Northwest, LLC
www.delorean-parts.com  

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, billsfanmd@xxxx wrote:
> Just wanted to ask where (or how) the ground is for the volt 
meter. Mine 
> seems to be overly sensitive sometimes to slight hicuups in my 
idle and just 
> wanted to make sure it's not a ground issue. The fuse for the volt 
meter was 
> replaced and is in nice and snug so that should be fine.
> 
> Mike C
> 2109 





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