I have an 86 analog dash that will shortly be swapped into my wagon. the needle on the fuel gauge is different than the other three gauges - it "floats" wherever it's positioned instead of sitting at "empty" or zero like the other three gauges. Is this standard for a fuel gauge or is it likely that the fuel gauge is bad?

Thanks!

Andy

It can be standard. What mfg's started doing was removing the return springs on the gas gauges.

 

nipper

My Brumby with the tach dash from a coupe stays there. My Bro's 83 wagons dash is the same, and my dad's 85 wagon does the same as well.. I kinda like it, bit different to other cars.

thanks guys. I didn't want to have to go dash shopping