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Vic
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| The tacho on my EL has the words "fuel door" with an arrow pointing to the left of it. Is that arrow actually pointing to some sort of warning light or at something important? Just curious if anyone else has figured that out. |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| u got an EL Ghia cluster or summat? didnt the ghia's have a fuel door ajar warning light? |
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Vic
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| Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes it's a Fairmont Ghia but I've not been able to see any sort of warning lamp for it anywhere and certainly not where its pointing.. |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Vic wrote: | | Yes it's a Fairmont Ghia but I've not been able to see any sort of warning lamp for it anywhere and certainly not where its pointing.. |
yeah i have the same problem always thinking i left he fuel door open |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| its there to tell you the fuel door is on the left ..... |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Timboxrute wrote: | | its there to tell you the fuel door is on the left ..... |
hehe exactly! so you dont pull up at a petrol pump, and try to remeber which side of the car the fuel cap is on...  |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Ohhh well then, u would think it would serve some sort of purpose.... But wat kind of person would forget that???? |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Tomek wrote: | | Ohhh well then, u would think it would serve some sort of purpose.... But wat kind of person would forget that???? |
haha you'd be surprised! i'm sure there are many people who wouldn't know how to open their bonnet, let alone remember which side their fuel cap is on!  |
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Vic
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| Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Timboxrute wrote: | | its there to tell you the fuel door is on the left ..... |
Doh! *slaps forehead* |
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brett351
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| Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| The whole which side is my fuel cap on isnt hard anyway. Every car on the market puts the fuel gauge on the side of the cluster that the fuel guage is on. The exceptions to the rule put an arrow on the guage to tell you the correct side. ie ba falcons etc. |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| brett351 wrote: | | The whole which side is my fuel cap on isnt hard anyway. Every car on the market puts the fuel gauge on the side of the cluster that the fuel guage is on. The exceptions to the rule put an arrow on the guage to tell you the correct side. ie ba falcons etc. |
not quite true..... take a look at a trayback landcruiser..... |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:15 am Post subject: |
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You have to be joking?
I honestly thought I had a bulb blown or something!!
If you dont know which side the fuel cap is on, you shouldnt be driving the damn car! |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:43 am Post subject: |
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I beleive the late EL (Hybrid) and onwards received the Fuel Door arrow 
Do the BA's have it ? |
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Vic
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| Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| Waggin wrote: | I beleive the late EL (Hybrid) and onwards received the Fuel Door arrow
Do the BA's have it ? |
Hybrid? |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:59 am Post subject: |
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| Vic wrote: | | Waggin wrote: | I beleive the late EL (Hybrid) and onwards received the Fuel Door arrow
Do the BA's have it ? |
Hybrid? |
EL/AU hybrid - i believe they had a mix engine-wise of late EL/early AU parts etc... |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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I actually for a half second that there was supposed to be a light there or something...  You know, like the arrow points to a light to remind you it's open?
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| Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| uglybob wrote: | | Vic wrote: | | Waggin wrote: | I beleive the late EL (Hybrid) and onwards received the Fuel Door arrow
Do the BA's have it ? |
Hybrid? |
EL/AU hybrid - i believe they had a mix engine-wise of late EL/early AU parts etc... |
Ahh that's kinda ringing a bell. I had it up on the hoist after its purchase earlier this year and one of the guys checking it out was pointing at the power steering gear and saying that there was a power steering booster valve which he'd only seen on the LTD's. Now I'm wondering what else might have been mixed in. I don't suppose someone here knows a little something more about the extra gear that went into these "hybrids"? |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Vic wrote: | | uglybob wrote: | | Vic wrote: | | Waggin wrote: | I beleive the late EL (Hybrid) and onwards received the Fuel Door arrow
Do the BA's have it ? |
Hybrid? |
EL/AU hybrid - i believe they had a mix engine-wise of late EL/early AU parts etc... |
Ahh that's kinda ringing a bell. I had it up on the hoist after its purchase earlier this year and one of the guys checking it out was pointing at the power steering gear and saying that there was a power steering booster thingimie which he'd only seen on the LTD's. I wonder what else might have been mixed in. I don't suppose someone here knows a little something more about the extra gear that went into these "hybrids"? |
The front headrest adjusters on late EL's are the same as the AU ones  |
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| Interceptor wrote: | | brett351 wrote: | | The whole which side is my fuel cap on isnt hard anyway. Every car on the market puts the fuel gauge on the side of the cluster that the fuel guage is on. The exceptions to the rule put an arrow on the guage to tell you the correct side. ie ba falcons etc. |
not quite true..... take a look at a trayback landcruiser..... |
Im checking and not seeing a problem. |
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