Rectangular ceramic shunts/resistors

[VetteVet]

I'm not sure what you are asking, but the resistance values for the gauge resistors are shown below.

Now, these resistors vary widely and they still work. Tom T-Bone is one of our gauge cluster builders, and he has more info if he see's this thread,



The universal color chart for resistors is shown below, with the value of the color. The colors designate other values as well depending on their positions on the resistor.

[Ewr101]

I was hoping you or Tom would have some insight. The ones I'm talking about are held down on the back of the gauges by nuts and washers. They aren't the kind you pictured. I'm trying to get my temp gauge to read a bit lower in the normal range than it does. It was normally reading at the highest hash mark for "Normal", not quite going past it to the "Hot" range. I've replaced the sender, tested the gauge per your suggestions on other threads and also put a resistor, like the ones you pictured above both in line with the sender (caused the gauge not to move at all) and across the two threaded gauge posts (also from a picture you posted from other threads). That is what I have right now and the gauge reads a little lower but still higher in the "Normal" zone. I requested pics of what others gauges read, but no replies. I'm pretty sure my flat, rectangular resistor is good but I'd still like to test it to know for sure.