Re: [mk2] speedo problems still

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

> > That's strange. Last weekend, I installed a set of Brett's gauge faces, and
> > now mine is doing the same thing. I left the cover off the underside of the
> > dash, and if I wiggle the connector on the back of the speedo a little, it
> > starts working. The wirdest thing is that it will work fine for the entire
> > trip, but the next time I start the car, it doesn't always still work. Is
> > this the same thing that's happening to you?
>
>  EXACTLY the same thing, right after brett's faces, too. um, brett?
>something you're not telling us? :)  honestly, i think it's my cluster
>dying. about the only thing i can think of is that it is no longer
>lubricated (reason for the speedo lubricant) or that i might sit in
>there, but if it's not seated properly it can cause problems (these
>things have had at least 15 years to wear, remember).
>
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Having seen this happen once a long time ago (way before gauge faces), I
discovered that disconnecting the speedo, and either turning the speedo
drive by hand a few times or driving the car a bit to turn the cable driver
to a different position has fixed it.  The only reason I can think of
is that the pickup / driver are connecting differently or more correctly.
Having personally done literally dozens of gauge face clusters for people,
this speedo not working thing hasn't happened at all.  Don't you guys
realize these things need to be handled delicately? :-)  Hmmm, maybe
I should stress that more in the install instructions...the drive
portion might also be slipping. :(  I wonder if the cable drive could be
made slightly larger, or the speedo pickup slightly tighter?

(I realize you were probably very careful, but since I'm not you, I
cannot have any idea on how you actually handled things so it's tough
to say exactly what's going on...)

Neal, no problems due to the unfortunate incident I hope?

later!

==Brett

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