New Fox, But A Few Issues

LilBerx

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I just bought an 88 GT the other day, crappy paint, but all straight, has bbk exhaust x pipe, MAF conversion. New suspension all the way around. it also came with bald tires on ugly pony wheels, but i have already put some wheels and tires on it. It also came with a stack of receipts...

But i am having an issue with the fuel gauge, It was working fine when i bought the car and the day after, but then it went all the way above full, then i shut the car off and it went back down to where the fuel level was. I drove about 60 miles through the canyon and freeway to pick up some wheels, and it did it again! this time it won't go back to the current fuel level.

What could this be?

a bad ground by any chance? if so, where is the ground for the fuel gauge located?

 

Onefine88

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I had an 87 that did that randomly for a couple years. I sold the car before I figured out what the cause was.

Very odd though

 

JordanB21

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I'm also no help, but my 95 right now sometimes has the temp gauge go all the way up passed the red and the gas goes down to less than a quarter tank, I figure it's a loose ground but I don't know where to start looking.

In the same car I had the battery ground stripped and burnt and it caused all four of my gauges to fly everywhere, my turn signals relay would my temperature gauge and such.

So my guess, bad ground. But i'm far from an electrical expert.

 

LilBerx

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Well, when my tank got to about a quarter it worked again... I think that the float or sending unit is bad.

 

cdurbin

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Could be the voltage regulator on the back of the instrument cluster as well.

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-10849/90-93-Mustang-Instrument-Voltage-Regulator
This is a replacement voltage regulator panel for your 1990-93 Mustang instrument cluster. This panel regulates the amount of voltage to your gauges and keeps them functioning properly. If you have had problems with jumpy needles, mis-readings, or flickering lights on your dash panel gauges, this could be the culprit!

 

krazedstang

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cdurbin said:

Could be the voltage regulator on the back of the instrument cluster as well.

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-10849/90-93-Mustang-Instrument-Voltage-Regulator
This is a replacement voltage regulator panel for your 1990-93 Mustang instrument cluster. This panel regulates the amount of voltage to your gauges and keeps them functioning properly. If you have had problems with jumpy needles, mis-readings, or flickering lights on your dash panel gauges, this could be the culprit!

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I have this issue also, swapped out gauge clusters with another one, I'm gonna be putting in a new sending unit to see if that fixes it.

 

LilBerx

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Also, my passenger window motor is bad, (I think),
What can I do to put it up?

 

91TwighlightGT

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2X4?

 

JordanB21

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LilBerx said:

Also, my passenger window motor is bad, (I think),
What can I do to put it up?

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You'll want to look into two things, either replacing the motors bushings (costs 8 dollars or so at a car store to buy them), you just have to disassemble the motor and put the new ones in.

Or buy a new/used motor. Listen to see if you can hear the motor turning or working when you press the button, if you can't hear it, it's defiantly broken.

Here's some links to bushing replacements, I did this for my 95 (it's the same thing for foxbodys), and my passenger window was working like new again.
http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/window-motor-bushings-pics.749409/ This thread has plenty of info
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-WLK52/79-93-Mustang-Window-Gear-Bushings Cheapish place to buy em.

Disassemble first before you waste the money on buying them though to make sure there shredded like in the first picture.