Are 4kq speedo heads repairable?

[Huw Powell]

Luke Rickert wrote:
> 
> Huw Powell wrote:
> 
> >the type 85 cars odo and speedo are driven by a cable
> > from the tranny.  It's all gears and springs and stuff.
> 
> this is not the case on my car, (87 4kq) I thought it is safe to say
> that the '86 is the same. The there are two inputs into the unit, a
> cable for the odometer, and two wires for the speedometer. The '85's and
> before the may have a mechanical speedo, I don't know, but the
> speedometers in the 87's are clearly electronically controlled. (The
> speedo works just fine without a odometer cable connected)

Whoops, my bad, I must stand corrected.  I take it yours is not even a
digital dash?  (obviously my sweeping generalisation would be wrong for
those, too...)

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Huw Powell

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