DeTomaso Mailing List: June 2000, Message #86

This is the dreaded amp gage fire problem. 
   It seems that the gage develops an internal medium resistance
(probably due to corrosion) to the main battery power running thru it,
and then turns into a mini toaster.
   It's capable of burning your car to the ground, so for safety's sake,
disconnect the negative lead from the battery ASAP, and don't reconnect
until the problem is solved.
   Gary Hall has a replacement on sale which has been reworked to
eliminate this problem, and if memory serves, it is on sale now.
  Best of luck, Al,  #3915.

Thomas Curb wrote:
> 
> 74L has been in storage for 3 months. Took it out for
> a drive and in 2-3 minutes there was smoke from under
> the dash. Opened up console and found amp guage
> to be red hot, all else appeared fine. Back of guage
> showed rubber boot had melted and was chared. What
> the heck happened? Perhaps the battery was low
> (probably) and there was too much curret across the
> guage? How do I prevent this in the future?
> 
> Advise appreciated.
> 
> Regards, Tom
> 
> 
> 
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