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Old 04-16-13, 11:46 AM
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Question Speedometer misreading, how to fix?

my speedometer goes up at about 35 mph but clearly I'm not going that fast or did not accelerate that quickly. any one know how to fix this?


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Swap in one from another cluster or for $$$ send it off to a speedo shop that can fix it. Finding
a used cluster is easy and lot cheaper.

You can try pulling the speedo out and using canned air to clean the speedo mechanism. Its pretty
delicate and works by a spinning magnet inside a bell with the pointer attached to the back of
the bell.

Theres a thread on here that has a lot of good stuff on the 1st gen speedos. Search and you
shall find.
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thanks, ill try to find that thread
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Check the cable for excessive grease where it plugs into the back of the gauge.
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I had a similar problem and it turned out to be a bad speedo cable, that would be my bet
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