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jmekep
02-24-2009, 11:40 AM
All of my gauges light up except for RPM and Speedometer. Any idea what might be the problem?
mneal
02-24-2009, 11:48 AM
Could be wiring but I would start easy 1st. There are bulbs in the gauges, and you can check with test lamp to be 100% sure, or remove the bulbs and check with continuity meter.
KonaKing
02-24-2009, 12:09 PM
All of my gauges light up except for RPM and Speedometer. Any idea what might be the problem?

Funny have a 04 22v same deal. Never bothered to look? Do they have lights? :confused:
illiniboarder88
02-24-2009, 01:33 PM
I had a similar problem, and the light had worked its way out of the back of the gauge.
mtnsmith
02-24-2009, 01:36 PM
You have to use the up arrow on each gauge independently once your nav lights have been turned on to turn them on seperately. There are three brightness settings. I have the same boat and that's how mine work. Mneal should have remembered that, he's driven plenty...j/k
rushin
02-24-2009, 03:15 PM
^^^^ second that:) I had the same prob on our '04. Up'ed the brightness with the arrows.
Tanner
02-24-2009, 05:49 PM
To turn them on you push the up and down arrow at the same time per guage.

Then do as mtnsmith said to adjust the brightness.... I drove around 1/2 the first year I had my 06 until I learned that trick on this forum! LOL
KonaKing
02-24-2009, 07:26 PM
go figure :confused: Thanks
zad0030
02-24-2009, 08:08 PM
Its not a problem its just how the guages work.

Do what the others have said.
chpthril
02-24-2009, 10:27 PM
Yep, use the /\ and \/ after turning on the nav switch. I looked into "fixing" it and Fiara said no way :(
UK based tige
02-27-2009, 02:12 PM
On this topic of gauges are the others (fuel, taps, oil) linked to the nav light switch as when we flick the nav lights on the fuel gauge jumps from empty to full...any thoughts.
mtnsmith
02-27-2009, 02:58 PM
Shorted or connected wrong on the backside, it is getting power from the nav switch somehow and feeding the needle servo to take it to full. Could be internal on the gauge as well.
chpthril
02-27-2009, 02:58 PM
On this topic of gauges are the others (fuel, taps, oil) linked to the nav light switch as when we flick the nav lights on the fuel gauge jumps from empty to full...any thoughts.

Sounds like a bad ground for the lights an it's backfeeding through the fuel gauge to the tank for it's ground.