Speedometer not working

nikon4u · Post by **nikon4u** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 10:26 am

I got a new speedo cable because the exhaust fried the old one. But it still says I am doing 0 on the highway, and I think that is wrong. I disconnected it from the trany, and turned it by hand, and sure enough it moved the odometer a little, so I know that from the cable end it is OK. What can I do to fix this without removing the transmission?

Sharkdance · Post by **Sharkdance** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 10:47 am

Welp, if it says your doing 0 on the highway and your not in park. Then your probably right and the speedo aint registering your real speed.

If you can get the speedo to move by spinning the cables core from the bottom of the cable then Id guess that your speedo and cable are OK but the plastic gear in the tranny is not.
When you pull the cable off. Can you shine a flashight into the hole and see a little plastic stick? Thats the speedo gear and from what your describing its probably stripped out and needs to be replaced.
They are either color coded or you have to count the teeth on them to make sure you get a new one with the same gear ratio.
Shouldnt be hard to find a new one and it shouldnt be very expensive either.

Hope this helps.

nikon4u · Post by **nikon4u** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:11 pm

Thanks for the help, but you were way off. A little piese of the old one was still in the gear... I chucked it

Sharkdance · Post by **Sharkdance** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:15 pm

Glad you got it fixed,

flyboy2610 · Post by **flyboy2610** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:33 pm

If you don't get the cable housing good and tight to the speedo head it can let the cable move back far enough not to spin the speedo.

cavedweller · Post by **cavedweller** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:34 am

I was just wondering how you figure sharkdance was so way off. No offence but he did tell you to look at the gear. I figure that is pretty right on. Unless you wanted someone to say stick your finger in there and see if you have part of the original gear broke off in there.

nikon4u · Post by **nikon4u** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:35 pm

Barry B.
I didn't mean any offense to Sharkey, I was just saying in a fun way what the problem was. I suppose that sarcasm doesn't work in writing.

cavedweller · Post by **cavedweller** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:42 pm

Cool..........................Point Taken

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:47 pm

yeah when you type sarcasm, unless you stretch the word out and put ............. dots in between them. You can't get that intended hook.

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