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83 244 speedometers OK, but odometers not.[ALL/1988] posted by Jess Klopfenstein on
Tuesday, 24 February 1998, at 12:01 p.m.
I reset my tripmeter after fueling the other day and now the odometer is not functioning, I've pressed, pulled, and jiggled to as of yet no avail.
(Speedo is working fine).
Anyone else out there experienced this?
I sure would like to keep the original unit, tho as this may not be easily fixable I would be interested in replacement part information as well (got one)?
(Auto with overdrive r.98_?)
Re: 83 244 speedometers OK, but odometers not.[ALL/1988] posted by Barry on
Tuesday, 24 February 1998, at 3:15 p.m.
The last four Volvos I have owned have had this same problem. I heard
somewhere that one of the gears turns to mush and the speedo will work
but not the odometer. I never got into tearing apart the dash to investigate If you get an answer let me know. My current cars have maintained low mileage because of this problem.
Re: 83 244 speedometers OK, but odometers not.[ALL/1988] posted by Thom Geer on
Tuesday, 24 February 1998, at 4:22 p.m.
I had this problem. I solved it by buying a new speedo...
I don't know of any other solution. I have looked at the broken speedo, in fact I took it apart but not far enough to find the problem.
good luck
Re: 83 244 speedometers OK, but odometers not.[ALL/1988] posted by Alan Carlo on
Tuesday, 24 February 1998, at 4:44 p.m.
Jess,
I had the same problem with a 1983-245. The odometer stopped working at around 121,000 miles. I had mine repaired by a shop in Mass. I called them with the symtoms and he told me a gear inside the unit wears out. He fixed it for about $60.00. He did a great job with a 2 day turn around. It still worked great when I sold the car with 178,000 miles. Give him a call. I found him in the VCOA magazine, "Rolling."
Reynolds Speedometer Repair
4 Lobao Dr.
Danvers, MA 01923
ph (508)774-6848
PS I also replaced the speedometer cable while I had the instrument cluster out as it was accessible.
Alan
Re: 83 244 speedometers OK, but odometers not.[ALL/1988] posted by Dave Keel on
Tuesday, 24 February 1998, at 8:14 p.m.
I had the same problem. The fix for my problem was a small white gear that runs the odometer. I had to take the spedometer assy off the instrument cluster, then take apart the speedometer. There is a small worm gear and a sprocket type gear behind that. If you look close, it probably is has a tooth gone. To change the gear pull the worm gear off first then the other off. Reverse the steps to assemble. All the sprocket type gears that I have seen has a split on one side. take care not to break the replacement. ;^) Hope this has helped.
Re: 83 244 speedometers OK, but odometers not.[ALL/1988] posted by Bill Odom on
Thursday, 26 February 1998, at 7:11 a.m.
Seems like a common problem... and I thought mine was unique. Volu-parts in Atlanta will ship you a good, used speedo/odometer unit for around $40 (maybe less, can't remember exactly what I paid). The problem, like everyone has stated is gear tooth breakage or gear splitting. This doesn't affect the speedo as it's driven by the cable/magnet assembly. I did a superglue fix on my split gear that lasted for several months. Finally replaced it. Not that difficult to get out. Just be patient and careful with the dash trim and parts. You'll have to remove the gauge cover(s) to the right of the speedo to get at the two screws on the right and the headlight switch knob and cover to get at the two on the left. Also, the top half of the steering column cover (two screws) has to come off for clearance to pull the speedo unit up and out. When it is part-way out, the wires can be disconnected; note what goes where! Now would also be a good time to replace any dead dash light bulbs. Once on the bench with it, remove the speedo unit from the rest of the assembly. Lift the speedo needle over the stop pin and let it go to rest position in the counterclockwise position; note where this is. If you put it back in a different position, your speed will read incorrectly. The needle just pulls off of the stem. The rest is just r&r, unless you want the milage to read the same as your old one and the miles to roll off correctly (ie. next whole mile clicks over when tenths rolls back over to zero). This just takes some fiddling and patience. I ran out of patiece, so mine clicks over at about 7 tenths.
Good luck if you diy.