The speedometer needle jiggles around untill it reaches 35 mph and then smooths out on my 1973 914,any ideas ?
Thanks Paul F.
When mine had this kind of problem it was due to grease inside the speedo that was coming from the cable. I had a leak at the angle drive on the tranny that was allowing tranny fluid to go into the cable. It wicked up the cable and into the speedo. To fix it I had to have a speedo shop clean out the speedo, replace the cable and fix the leak.
In the end I gave up on stock speedos and bought a VDO electronic speedo so that I can calibrate it to give me accurate readings regardless of what size tire I switch to.
Your cable has a kink in it. Not so much just the outside sheath, but the cable inside too.
You can go ahead and chase a number of other options, but they'll eventually lead to replacing the cable.
It's 30+ years old; replace it.
QUOTE (ThinAir914 @ Jun 7 2005, 09:01 AM) |
In the end I gave up on stock speedos and bought a VDO electronic speedo so that I can calibrate it to give me accurate readings regardless of what size tire I switch to. |
QUOTE (redshift @ Jun 7 2005, 04:31 PM) | ||
Is that a classic thread somewhere? M |
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