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Instrument Voltage Regulator

Old 07-28-2008, 10:13 PM
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what would symptoms of a bad IVR, ive been curious about if mines bad a few people reccommended to replace it, but hell its 50 bucks i wanna see if theres a way to check it rather than just dishin out the money.
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Old 07-28-2008, 10:26 PM
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i just replaced mine, symptoms were when i would pull to turn my headlight on my dash lights would shut off and i would have to **** with it for them to turn on and the dash lights seemed kind of dim. i went to pick n pull and got one for ten bucks.
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Old 07-28-2008, 10:34 PM
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erratic and inaccurate readings on all gauges
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Old 07-28-2008, 10:35 PM
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Well i have a similar problem, being that mines a 86 i have to pull my headlight switch out to turn mine on, but i have to usually turn the **** to light my dash up. but also my temp gauge doesnt work, speedo is off, and im not sure if all the gauges are accurate but yeah...
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Old 07-28-2008, 10:42 PM
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speedo is mechanical.. it is not related... either it has the wrong drive or driven gear or a prob in the cluster pending on how inaccurate mph is off
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