Broken Odometer (any BTDT?)

[David Head]

There's a flexible plastic gear that shears its teeth - you can send the
speedo to VDO and they'll fix it for 85.00. Local places will gouge you far
worse... The car is driveable just fine with the speedo out of the cluster.

Michael Funk wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> My odometer -- both trip and regular -- stopped working the other day ('87
> 5KTQ).  It tried cleaning the speedo cable connection near the driveshaft
> and took the dash instrument cluster out to check connections...neither
> reaped any benefits.  Any BTDT's on this?  What's the best solution?
> Replace the whole instrument cluster or is there an easier (cheaper) fix?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> mike--
>
> '87 5KTQ