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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 09:27 PM
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Ive noticed when I drive at low speeds below 30mph my needle will bounce till I get to aroung 40mph,then it stops bouncing. how do I fix it?
Old Aug 24, 2004 | 09:42 PM
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It' will only get worst. Annoyes the hell out of me. Some people say it's the speedo cable but my whole assembly's going bad.
Old Aug 24, 2004 | 10:09 PM
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I know its the cable, but what type of grease or lube do I use?
Old Aug 25, 2004 | 08:21 PM
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speedometer cable grease, what else? they do make this just for speedo cables so don't use anything else![:@]
Old Aug 26, 2004 | 04:00 AM
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my friedn ahd that same problem with his speedo in his 89 lx. he replaced the speedo cable and it works flawlessly now
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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i have the same problem in mine. it's a little shakey at low speeds and can drop radically if i hit a bump on the highway. mine dropped from like 70 to 40 almost instantly. I'm not sure what to do about the problem. i'm doin a little bit of research on my own. lol
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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I know its the cable, but what type of grease or lube do I use?
I doubt it... most likely the head unit...I've had 2 do that to me in the past few years and a new/used head unit cures the issue
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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yah at napa sells it for i think around 6 dollars or sumthing like that
Old Jan 21, 2008 | 11:35 PM
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I think everyone eventually has this problem, its annoying
Old Jan 22, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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its your gear inside the tranny it connects to your speedo cable i just replaced mine. its probably stripped in the inside of it.
you have to order it from a ford dealership.
its easy to replace3 id recomend lifting your car though so much easier!



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