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Subject: [Spits] speedometer stopped working
From: doug at dougbraun.com (Douglas Braun)
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:22:40 -0500
References: <EE34D8AA36334FA0A46FA39048647E30@FUNPLACE>
Maybe installing an electic fuel pump would solve the problem.  :-)

Try disconnecting the cable from the back of the speedometer, and see
if the inner cable turns at a speed roughly proportional to your
driving speed.  If trying to do this while actually driving is too
tricky, you could jack up the rear end so the wheels can turn freely.
While the car is still, you can also check that the inner cable is not
broken into multiple pieces.

But it sounds like the problem is in the speedo itself.  If the cable
were messed up, the speedometer needle would either twitch or bounce
erratically, or stay at zero.

BTW, how much error are you talking about?

Doug

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Grant Buss <buss3 at rogers.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> My speedometer stopped working properly a few years ago. Now it is sort of
> right at one point (around 60) and the further away from that point the more
> different it is, compared to my GPS.
> I have changed speedometer, cable and the 90 degree connecter. I think the,
> whetever in the transmition is not working. I don't want to take the trans
> apart,unless it is a simple fix. I think you can't buy the part.

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