DeTomaso Mailing List: March 1997, Message #117
     



From: "Craig Cline" <Craig_Cline@smtp.rc.trw.com>

Subject: Re: Shrieking Speedo

Date: 17 Mar 1997 09:05:59 U



RE>Shrieking Speedo                          =

3/17/97



It's probably the cable, not the speedo itself that is screaming.  They =

tend to dry out over the years.  Lubing it might help, you can get =

special cable lubes (auto parts stores may have it, but I know motorcycle =

stores carry special stuff for all the motorcycle control cables).



Craig Cline

Oceanside, Ca

#7352



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Date: 3/17/97 4:28 AM

To: Craig Cline

From: Andy Poling

My Pantera's speedometer is failing in a particularly obnoxious manner.



I was traveling at (ahem) slightly above the speed limit on a back road =

when

out of nowhere comes this shrieking siren.  When it started, it sounded =

like

a State Trooper cruiser had just landed in the seat next to me.  I almost

had brown trousers.  A second later I started thinking that some

high pressure hose had split.



After a few moments' panic, I finally realized it was the speedometer.  =

It

was *shrieking* - loud enough that when it started I nearly jumped out of =

my

skin.



Now it comes and goes, and it has developed a ticking sound in between.

When the shrieking fades, it turns more into a sound of plastic gears

grinding, and then finally subsides almost completely. And when it's

happening the speedo needle looks like a scene from the X-Files.



Is this the typical failure mode for the speedo?



This is already a replacement speedo (installed by a former owner), so I

find myself wondering how long the next one might last.  Are there any

alternative speedo's I can install instead?



-Andy



72 Pantera: power             91 Miata: quickness              96 A4Q: =

traction

84 RZ350: all the above









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From: Andy Poling <andy@realbig.com>

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Subject: Shrieking Speedo

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