In a message dated 4/28/2004 10:56:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
JohnHJhouser@AOL.COM writes:

<< Last week, on the way back from a trip to the mountains, my speedometer
needle started jerking and progressively began to read slower and slower.
After
about 70 miles it just quit.  Has anyone had this happen?  Are these symptoms
of
a bad speedometer or a bad speedometer cable? >>

It could be any of the above. If your van is a 2wd, you may want to check the
connection at the driver's side dust cap too. Then check to make sure the
cable did not simply get undone behind the speedo.

BenT