If the floating was at a rate of about once per second then the odometer is
probably the cause, probably by being siezed and putting heavy load on the
drive cable each time the odometer tries to move.
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Killeffer" <wtkilleffer@yahoo.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 2:37 AM
Subject: speedometer and odometer trouble
> Hello listers,
> I was out in my B a couple of nights ago, it was probably down in the 40's
> or 50's, and I was driving around 50 mph. About that speed, the needle on
> the speedometer started floating between 50 and 60 mph. Later, I noticed
> that the odometer had quit working. I reset the trip odometer at the next
> stop and that seemed to get things going again at the expense of my fuel
> mileage test. It did the same thing last night, but the odometer quit at
> around 35 mph even though the speedo was steady. There's no telling how
many
> times this may have happened before. What could be causing this and what
> should I do about it?
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