[V8] Oh, Doh! And cruise...

[NIck Miller]

I was really hoping you wouldn't say its the little drive gear on the
Speedometer shaft that runs the shaft to the odo.. .but yea, I know exactly
what you mean.  It usually falls off or something, right?

The speedo works, odo doesn't... that means there is no other choice.  Dear
god do I hate removing the dash cover with a passion.


As for the CC, that sounds like a can of worms that I just don't want right
now... ugh.  I guess I'll check the lines at the pedal and check the CC unit
at the least, that won't be difficult.  I've been enjoying staying away from
the engine bay recently.. but I guess its time to dive back in.

I got the rear cig lighter to work anyway, whoopie.  lol.

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Steve Buchholz <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:

> First off I'm assuming that the speed works but the odo does not.  I have
> some BTDT on the V8 odo ... and I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see
> it.  There is an odd drive gear mechanism for the odo, and I doubt they are
> available anywhere.  The only reason I could repair it was that I had
> another speedo to pull parts from.
>
> If you've already verified the adjustment of the pedal switches and found
> that the line pulled at the pump will hold a vacuum my money would be on the
> column switch.  I've got BTDT there too ... and it seems to me the way they
> routed the cable at the pivot causes the wires to be stressed and break.
>
> Hope this helps!  Good luck!
>
> Steven Buchholz (mobile)
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "NIck Miller" <chance9121 at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 8:29 pm
> Subject: [V8] Oh, Doh! And cruise...
> To: "V8List Fans" <v8 at audifans.com>
>
>
> Anyone have any idea's what would make my odometer quit on me... What a
> pain!  Just as it was up and running the other day I thought I noticed it
> not ticking.  Yup, confirmed not working... great.  So, I would rather
> stare
> into my Miata's headlights for an hour than take the dash/ic out again...
> but hey, why not!  My guess's are that a gear is funny in the actual
> instrument cluster, or there is something wrong at the transmission.
> Stumped me since I've touched neither in well over a year now, and I was
> using the trip odo not two months back and it was ticking away fine.  Put
> about 3k on the car since purchase and the odo worked fine...
>
> Any idea's where to start?
>
> Also, I can't find much on how to fix the cruise, but I started on that
> earlier too.  The diaphram under the intake is hooked up and the switch
> does
> nothing, no light, etc.  Where to start after that? Fuses all check out
> right now I just looked at em yesterday...  Maybe a bad relay?
>
> Thanks all.
>
> ~Nick, running a mile a minute..
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