Re: Dying Speedometer '88 5ktq

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Mike Hopton say:

>      Driving home last night the speedometer died a couple of times. I 
>      believe it's just trying to copy the failure mode of the temperature 
>      guage. Hey, they're right next to each other.
>      
>      When this happened on my ur-q I had to replace the drive cable that 
>      runs from the transmission into the back of the guage. Is it a similar 
>      mechanical setup on an '88 5ktq? It worked fine this morning so if 
>      there's any preventative maintenance I can perform to keep it alive, 
>      let me know?

Ditto.

Mine's quit for a minute or two a couple of times in the last month.
Cable need tightening?

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