Speedometer not working
Phil Rose
pjrose at frontiernet.net
Mon May 4 09:10:19 PDT 2009
At 10:34 PM -0400 5/3/09, YBK wrote:
>My car has developed exactly the same symptoms.
>I would like to try Peter's suggestion.
>Where is the speedometer sender?
>Bentley doesn't seem to mention speedometer sender anywhere other then
>transmission harness connector in transmission removal section.
>
>
>Ç ÇÚ, 13/03/2007 08:41 -0400, Peter Schulz Ô˯ÂÚ:
>> Brian:
>> Do the easiest thing first.
>>
>> Pull the connector on the transmission sender, clean the contacts on
>> it and on the sender, reconnect., then see if it resolves the issue.
> > Instrument cluster issues tend to be with the
>auto check and warning lights.
> >
Peter may be right, however defective
solder-joints in the instrument cluster are also
a common cause for the speedo malfunction
(completely dead or bouncing needle). A quick
"test" (done carefully while driving, of course)
is to give the top of the padded dash a good
smack. Might take a couple of hard hits. If that
succeeds to get your speedo back to normal
behavior ( at least for a brief time) you'll know
you need to pull the cluster and do some
soldering.
Photos of my repairs here (includes wire jumper
added to fix hi-beam and turn-signal issue):
http://phil-rose.com/miscellaneous/IC_repair_photos/photo_1_solder_fix.jpg
and
http://phil-rose.com/miscellaneous/IC_repair_photos/photo_2_reassembled_IC.jpg
Phil
P.S. My resoldering job (done at the base of the
2-pin connector) solved the speedo bounce problem
for a few years. It recently has reoccurred, so a
more permanent repair is obviously needed. This
would require somehow (?) directly connecting
(i.e., soldering) a ground feed wire to that pin.
Or continue slapping the dashboard until it hurts
your hand too much. ;-)
--
Phil Rose
Rochester, NY
mailto:pjrose at frontiernet.net
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