{"id":145,"date":"2011-04-25T16:37:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T16:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/?p=145"},"modified":"2012-01-10T19:01:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T19:01:01","slug":"voltage-regulator-for-scout-gauges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/voltage-regulator-for-scout-gauges\/145\/steve","title":{"rendered":"Voltage regulator for Scout gauges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was having problems with my fuel gauge on my 1975 Scout II. \u00a0 It was only reading 1\/4 when I knew the tank was full. \u00a0Sometimes it would not read anything at all. \u00a0My first thought was that I needed a new fuel sender. \u00a0 After replacing the <a title=\"Fuel sender, Fuel Sending Unit - - Scout II, Scout II Diesel\" href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/scoutparts.com\/products\/?view=product&amp;product_id=10178\" target=\"_blank\">fuel sender<\/a>, It still was reading 1\/4, when I knew it was full and often reading empty. \u00a0 So I thought that the gauge was bad, \u00a0so I looked around and found a used gauge and swapped it. \u00a0Same thing,&#8230; not reading correctly or not at all. \u00a0 Next I checked the circuit that measures the fuel level and that was about right.<\/p>\n<p>After much hand ringing and thought, \u00a0I focused on the<a title=\"NEW Voltage Regulator kit for Scout Gauges. Easy to install - NO soldering - Scout II, Travelall, Travelette, Pickup, Scout II Diesel\" href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/scoutparts.com\/products\/?view=product&amp;product_id=18124\" target=\"_blank\"> voltage regulator<\/a>. It is located on a seemingly unrelated gauge. \u00a0 On the back of the oil\/temp gauge is a small electrical box, \u00a0it supplies circuit protection and constant amount of voltage for all the gauges. \u00a0if it is not putting out this &#8220;clean voltage&#8221; they may or may not display a reading. \u00a0I could use a used regulator<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_147\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-147\" href=\"http:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/voltage-regulator-for-scout-gauges\/145\/steve\/gauge-regulator-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-147\" src=\"http:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Gauge-regulator1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New voltage regulator fixed my fuel gauge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>but I decided against that because I might have the same problem again in a year or two. \u00a0So I replaced it with a new model that fixed the problem. \u00a0It really was easy to do and I did it myself. \u00a0 Now my gauge reads reliably but only to 3\/4 when I know it is full. \u00a0The last quarter turns out to be corrosion in my wiring harness and connectors. \u00a0I am now working to clean all the contacts in my connectors to remove the tiny little bits of corrosion that are inhibiting continuity to give me a full reading.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a long road but I will keep at it until it is perfect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was having problems with my fuel gauge on my 1975 Scout II. \u00a0 It was only reading 1\/4 when I knew the tank was full. \u00a0Sometimes it would not read anything at all. \u00a0My first thought was that I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/voltage-regulator-for-scout-gauges\/145\/steve\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scoutparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}