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Ive had a few issues with teh gauges on my 83 944............ when i turn on the sidelights/headlights the oil pressure and voltage guage both deflect to the left slightly and the fuel and water temp gauges both deflect to the right.

soemone suggested this was a sign of bad earth termionation points above the glovebox so i ran a heavy duty earth direct from the battery to the earth termination points............ no difference what so ever.

any ideas on this one?

I've found useful info on this topic, for example, from here ...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/search.p ... id=4220159

Search is useful .... Steve

link doesnt work BUT i believe this is probably a link to a post on teh pelican website about bad earths on the later style oval dash............. mine is an early model with the totally different clocks/gauges

On the 924/early 944s I believe the place to look is in the N/S part behind the dash. Take a wire brush to that area, and then put the earthing point back on with Vaseline as a contact. It should improve the electrics to no end.

yep all sorted! cheers