gas stuck under carpet, need help

[fivespeedsteed]

so i was driving home from school and layed it on the floor for a few seconds, when i let off to shift up it was redlining so i somehow immediatly knew what happened and turned the key off, reached down pulled the gas up and turned back on. the only problem is my tach needle ran itself into my steering column and is stuck there. 8k rpm ish. how do i get the dash apart to get the needle unstuck. what happens when i do, will it work again or do i have to reset it. i had to drive it with the needle stuck so is something stripped. i need help guys. thanks.

 

[Roland69]

you will have to take the bezel out and see if you can take the plastic gauge cover off. Maby you can unstick it from 8K but daumn that would have been scarry. I know you can buy gauge inserts so that means you should be able to get to the bare gauges (needels). You might of broke somthing but you can always find gauges on ebay pretty cheap.

 

[fivespeedsteed]

well i took the dash apart and grabbed the needle and it went right back to zero. and i started it and it worked just like normal so thank god nothings broken. now i just have to get it together again.

 

[Roland69]

Thats good to hear. My old snowmobile used to do the same thing and thats how I fixed it.

 

[fivespeedsteed]

im just glad i didnt have to reset the gauge.

 

[Euphoric306]

the needle just moves from magnetic fields. so it went past the 180 degree mark and got stuck on that side of the circle it makes. the magnetic field was still pulling it back to zero, but on the wrong side of the circle.... get it?

you didn't break anything, and i wouldn't be surprised if simply revving your engine up to the rev limiter really quick wouldn't have cured it easier.


watch out for those floor mats mang, they're bitches

 

[blue302stang]

i have gotten the gas pedal stuck on the floor mat before and almost **** myself. My needle did the same thing too

 

[DouglasOhio]

happened to me twice. Then i cut the front half of my rubber mat off...