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What is this part for?
It has something to do with attaching the instrument pod
It was in a bag with the 2 tubes that go over the studs that hold the wood pod to the car
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It screws to the bottom of the back of the gauge panel if it's what i think it is.
Might have a pic on my computer at home. @Markos where are you :p
 
if you look at the metal backing plate for the timber trim that holds the gauges you will see a series of screw holes.
It affixes to one of these. On mine there was a shadow on the metal from where it sat. You might be the same.
 
mark99 said:
What is this part for?
It has something to do with attaching the instrument pod
It was in a bag with the 2 tubes that go over the studs that hold the wood pod to the car that hold
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I was just looking at the other day when examining my clock. It just screws to the lower center of the steel cluster plate. The theory is that it is a grounding arm. You rotate it to touch the body. I can’t recall how close it gets but I surely have a pic.

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I have notices that even with the fuel tank full, my fuel gauge does not read quite full. Is there a voltage regulator or stabilizer or something in the circuit that might cause that? (Probably could ground the sending wire and see if it reads full, huh. Might be the in-tank sender? Secondly...
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Hi Thanks, but that is weird, I will have to look in the car, it seems like it would touch the vinyl or even if it did touch the metal support it would be painted
 
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Hi Thanks, but that is weird, I will have to look in the car, it seems like it would touch the vinyl or even if it did touch the metal support it would be painted
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Most vehicle grounds are painted, especially in the cabin. Anyway I don't particularly subscribe to the the supplemental ground theory for this part. The whole backing plate is secured to the body by the posts. With that said, the arm is in fact within reach of the sheetmetal.

That plate at the bottom isn't the arm in question, but this shows how close it gets to the body. Worth noting the steel mounting post that grounds the cluster to the body. No reason for a supplemental ground IMO.
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I don't think the little bar would be for grounding, what would the idea be? reach back there, rotate it down, tighten the nut, it wouldn't make good consistent contact
So what is it for?
 
If a ground wire is bolted / screwed to sheet metal, it would probably contact through the area inside the bolt hole
I don't think it would conduct through a layer of paint?
 
I knew a guy that was mechanic at a Ferrari dealership in the 70's
He said they would sometimes have to cut open fenders to get wine bottles out the workers put in there
Maybe it is the German version of that
 
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