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So the weather was nice over here in Ohio and this happemed....
and I found this...and opened it
and found this...
So what is the component inside the black cap, what does it do and where should the ground lug be attached? What is the silver thing behind the switch panel on the lower left side?
Also, can you take the black bezels off the VDO gauges? How?
Thanks,
Charlie
Ohio
and I found this...and opened it
and found this...
So what is the component inside the black cap, what does it do and where should the ground lug be attached? What is the silver thing behind the switch panel on the lower left side?
Also, can you take the black bezels off the VDO gauges? How?
Thanks,
Charlie
Ohio
I can just see a resistor, a diode, and an electrolytic capacitor on the photo (tip to Zig).
I would therefore guess that it's either a spark/surge suppressor, or perhaps a smoothing filter.
Both of these would 'chop off' the top of any sparks, or flatten out any sudden voltage changes.
If the diode is a zener type (you can't tell without reading its number, in tiny, tiny letters on its body),
then it could be a smoother plus limiter to limit max voltage change.
This kind of thing is normally an integral part of a tacho circuit for example, but it's normally inside the tach !
It might be a radio power supply spark suppressor, or a gauge one, or a ....
I would therefore guess that it's either a spark/surge suppressor, or perhaps a smoothing filter.
Both of these would 'chop off' the top of any sparks, or flatten out any sudden voltage changes.
If the diode is a zener type (you can't tell without reading its number, in tiny, tiny letters on its body),
then it could be a smoother plus limiter to limit max voltage change.
This kind of thing is normally an integral part of a tacho circuit for example, but it's normally inside the tach !
It might be a radio power supply spark suppressor, or a gauge one, or a ....
Just reattach the busted wire it will probably work fine. A cap like that is essentially a small battery, holding charge for a few milliseconds to seconds depending on the current you draw out.
Might it be something to do with an alarm fitted, or maybe a radio, to keep a setting for a few tens of seconds in case you need to change the car battery?
Might it be something to do with an alarm fitted, or maybe a radio, to keep a setting for a few tens of seconds in case you need to change the car battery?
Like the seat, better the than the ones I normally see which are puffy and not bolstered.
Probably wrong but is your resister thingie an attempt to try to smooth out the mad volt gauge swings when the turn signals are on?
ETA - Looking again at the seats and pics, I guess you said the thingy with the red wire is part of the instrument lighting source. Still, as long as the dash is apart, if yours swings like mine..., a stabilizer/smoother fix might be good. Grady
Probably wrong but is your resister thingie an attempt to try to smooth out the mad volt gauge swings when the turn signals are on?
ETA - Looking again at the seats and pics, I guess you said the thingy with the red wire is part of the instrument lighting source. Still, as long as the dash is apart, if yours swings like mine..., a stabilizer/smoother fix might be good. Grady
Edited by Grady on Wednesday 22 February 05:18
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