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Dakota Digital prob
« on: January 15, 2009, 12:24:57 pm »
OK capt maybe you or someone else can help me with this prob I'm having just watch http://vid333.photobucket.com/albums/m387/rebel_cowboy_83/0115091246.flv 
it tends to stop about 45 below or so. but anything above 45 it flips out, it said my top speed was 255 I'm a fast dude
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Re: Dakota Digital prob
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2009, 12:40:31 pm »
Is you sensor connected good?

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Re: Dakota Digital prob
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2009, 02:34:37 pm »
Check at your battery for a good ground. Also have your battery tested.   My Dakota Digital Gauges would go into a demo or service mode when I would start it. I had a bad cell in my battery. Also check your alternator to make sure it is not going bad.  My gauges are really sensitive to low voltage.

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Re: Dakota Digital prob
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2009, 11:30:32 pm »
OK when i get home i will have to check the connections, the weird thing is my alt is supposedly charging at 15.1 were it was always at 14.1 w/ just lights or 13.9 with lights and wipers on. nother question i pretty sure its my sending unit but no mater what setting i set the cluster on for fuel its always off, so did one of them custom settings, zero the gauger out then 33% then 66% then 100% or something like that, just like the book said but it never goes over 75%. now before i put in the digital gauge the fuel would be running low at around 1/4 tank "according to the needle" and it would be full about 3/4 over full so like at 0430 or something like that.
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Re: Dakota Digital prob
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2009, 04:11:47 am »
Update: Finally got around to taking dash back apart with the nice weather. didn't see no problems so i redid the ground wire i had the module and the sending unit also the switches all hocked togeather. don't know why but i was being lazy that day, now its all good everything is working fine now thanks for the help
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