[V8] Failing Speedo - Sensor p/n?

[Jeremy Ward]

And if you whack it (open palm on the top of the dash)?  Mine usually
springs back to life; definitely not a speed sensor.  

I've had the IC out 3 times to clean and 'enhance' the contacts where the 5
(?) pins come out of the circuit board and meet the sockets of the
speedometer, but I need to do 'the fix' that Ingo prescribes where you
de-solder / re-solder the pins where they meet the circuit board...

You know, before I had 3 kids, I had gobs of free time...

- Jeremy

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From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Baumann - PTS Power
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:13 AM
To: 'Coleman, David'; Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com; v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Failing Speedo - Sensor p/n?

YES - my odometer also quits working, as well as the cruise control and the
computer goes nuts.  Does this tend to point more towards the IC, or more
the sending unit?

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Coleman, David
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 9:13 PM
To: Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com; v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Failing Speedo - Sensor p/n?

Does your odo quit at the same time?


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David A. Coleman
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-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com
To: v8 at audifans.com
Sent: Tue Jan 02 17:15:37 2007
Subject: Re: [V8] Failing Speedo - Sensor p/n?

.... I'm seeing some odd speedo behavior on #344 too ... very weird ... it
works fine most of the time, but all of a sudden the speedo drops to -0- for
some period of time and stays there.  It seemed to be most consistent if I
took the car for a short errand run ... when leaving the place I'd have no
speedo ... but I see it mid trip on longer runs too ... after a minute or
two the speedo comes back.  

I had convinced myself it was the speed sender in the tranny because the
trip computer was showing zero speed as well ... but upon further head
scratching I realized that the speedo is likely to be sending the signal to
the trip computer ... 

I'd say that before plunking down the bucks for a new sender that you do
some tests to eliminate the instrument cluster as culprit.  

A very long time ago there was a V8 lister who claimed to have schematics
for the V8 IC ... boy, I would really have loved to get copies of them!

Steve B
San José, CA (USA)
> 
> I have a failing speedo (dropping to 0, then springing back up).  I
suspect
> it's the speed sensor.  Does anyone have a recommendation (other than the
> dealer) for a new sensor?  Any known partnumbers?  Thanks!

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