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'84 240 GL Speedometer is being moody 200

Hey lads,

At first, I thought my speedometer cable broke, as I looked down while driving one day and saw that the speedo had failed. But to the best of my understanding, the speedo cable runs both the speedo and odometer gauges... and the odometer is working fine. The speedo now won't work for roughly half the time. Some days it works, other days it doesn't. Sometimes the needle is stable, other times it jumps everywhere, others only at 20-30mph. I can't seem to find resources that mention both needle failure and the odometer continuing to work.

Is this still a cable issue, or is the nylon gear in the gauge cluster starting to slip/go? I'm not precisely going to go fast enough to get in trouble with the law, and I can see my speed on my phone, but I'd really like to get this sorted as it becomes my daily driver.

And if I do wind up getting a new (to me) gauge cluster... is there a way to roll the odometer forwards/backwards to match my current reading?

Crossposted to the IPD forums, but Brickboard appears to have a more active community ;)

Cheers








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    '84 240 GL Speedometer is being moody 200

    Well, based on advice and hearing that if it's already at this point lubing it may only buy me some time if it's been suffering wear... I might as well replace it. Thanks guys!








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      '84 240 GL Speedometer is being moody 200

      Hi,

      Sometimes repairing your unit is both cheaper and longer lasting than buying a replacement with half a million miles on it.

      Dave Barton sells parts and has a website with illustrated instructions on how to remove it, take it apart, and repair it. Have a look.

      https://www.davebarton.com/

      Peter







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