VDO pressure gauge woes

[Blakefruid]

Evening All,
I've just fitted VDO temperature and pressure gauges, and when I turn on the ignition (not start the bus) the needle on the pressure gauge flips all the way round???? Any ideas please.

G on sender to gauge, WK to idiot light. I took the power feed from G2 (there was something already there but also a tail with a yellow socket) and lights from G8 on the fuse board, the earth was from a new earth crown I just fitted. both the power and earth are daisy chained- pressure first then onto temperature.
Thanks very much,
Ian

[CJH]

Check the three connections at the gauge. I can't remember what mistake I made (signal and live swapped I think, or maybe signal and earth), but whatever it was the result was what you've described - one of the gauges swung right over and the other one didn't move.

[Blakefruid]

Morning,
Thanks for the reply- yeap I just found this: http://gilmore-global.com/howto_guides/ ... gGuide.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
So it sounds like Pressure needle all the way right and Temp all the way left means no signal from the sensors.
cheers,
Ian

[Blakefruid]

All sorted! The gauge and power cables were the wrong way round. I used the connectors from Brickwerks (nice and tidy) and obviously made the schoolboy error of following the + & G on the connectors and not gauges- idiot!!!
Thanks for your help.

Now to try and get the blinking light and buzzer to work with the gauge.

[CJH]

Must be the same thing I did then, since I used the same plugs.

Now to try and get the blinking light and buzzer to work with the gauge.

What blinking light and buzzer?