Re: [Amc-list] volt meter needle jumping around

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I'd do a simple test for input voltage with a voltmeter.
If the test voltmeter shows level voltage.
I'd check ground and then assume that he gauge as fought a courageous battle and succumbed to the ravages of time. I'd use my Rambler mentality an dlook for used one. Failing that I'd find a gauge replair place and have it rebuilt, Or tag one under that dash, depending on the the vehicle and my mood

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

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From: hydeparker@xxxxxxxxx
> I have a '69 Scout that has a weird quirk: the volt meter needle bounces all 
> over the place.  This is a stock, in-dash volt meter, not an after-market job.  
> 
> I put a new alternator on a year ago, but the bouncing occured before the 
> replacement.  I've never replaced the voltage regulator, which is original. The 
> truck was upgraded to an HEI distributor just before the alt. was replaced.
> 
> Ideas on what to check?  I could check with the Scout guys, but they're not as 
> nice as you guys!
> 
> Requisite AMC Content: The truck has a 304 in it, and a lot of folks ask if it's 
> an AMC 304.  It's not.  Also, IHC put AMC 258s in Scouts in the 70s, but this 
> truck was built before that started.  And, like AMC, IHC spent years with 
> various financial solvency problems. 
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