Volt meter pegged and dont know why?????

[Nevadahiroller]

So my volt meter seems to be stuck on stupid. Since i bought the truck about two weeks ago, the voltmeter has been stuck almost pointing straight down. The guy i bought the truck from said that the gauge has been stuck like that ever since he put in two new batteries. I don't know what would cause this. Any suggestions on how to potentially fix this issue?????

 

[LBZ_Duramax]

Replace the stepper motor in that gauge. If you do a search there is a DIY on it I think

 

[duratothemax]

yeah I think it was TheBac (Tom) who did a DIY on it... the stepper motors are cheap on ebay. Same thing happend to my dads tahoe (volt meter constantly points at like 50 volts)

 

[TheBac]

Nope..never did a DIY. There is one on DP:
http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140580&highlight=stepper

 

[Nevadahiroller]

I did a quick search and didnt find much. I will have to dig deeper into my stepper motor. THANK YOU FOR THE HANDY BITS OF INFO!!! :thumb:

 

[TheBac]

Nevada, we've all seen these before, so I think we're pretty confident that its a bad stepper motor. Id buy my stepper motors from this guy: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/X25-...r_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item335681189e, although I do disagree with his statement that the cluster has to be professionally recalibrated after fixing the motors.

Hmm...nice that he sells the bulbs for the clusters now, too. Im needing a few of those.


I dont think Roswell will mind me posting the PDF here: