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Old 08-31-2007, 04:26 PM
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Default Speedometer not working

What would cause my speedometer not to work? What should I look for or look at? and how can it be fixed?

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Old 08-31-2007, 05:04 PM
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Default RE: Speedometer not working

Broken speedo, broken cable, broken cable gear, broken cable drive gear, un hooked....to name a few. It is pretty basic stuff, all mechanical so it would be easy to figure out if you start taking it apart.
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Old 08-31-2007, 05:07 PM
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Where are the easiest places to start looking , and if it came unpluged where would that area be . I have never done any of this before
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Old 08-31-2007, 08:18 PM
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Behind the speedometer or at the transmission.
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Old 08-31-2007, 09:03 PM
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Speedo gears are made of a very cheap material. Metal upgrades are available. I've heard the actual gears inside the cluster are what cause this the most. Then again, this is all hearsay for me. I haven't cracked mine open yet but I will report more when I open my cluster this weekend.
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