Me too --- My speedo also reads way high --- and I just had my speedo cable
replaced. The speedo reads 160 kph when my GPS tells me 100 kph --- and yes
that's kilometeres folks.

Cheers,
Doug

On 11/16/07, Matthew Snook <matt@snooksband.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the responses, folks.  But now I have to admit that I can't
> even
> report my own dilemma properly.  I don't know what I was thinking.
>
> The speedometer part _does_ work, but not correctly.  It reports that I'm
> doing eighty when the speed is really about 57 mph.  The odometer,
> however,
> is stuck @ 243,483 miles - and the trip meter doesn't move, either.
>
> That's the straight scoop, I've got it right this time.  Sorry for the
> brain-lapse.  I'll bet that changes the diagnosis...
>
> Matt
>
> On Nov 14, 2007, at 6:51 PM, Matthew Snook wrote:
>
> > My '84 speedometer doesn't turn at all or register a speed.  What
> > is the
> > most common failure?  Is it likely to be the speedo, the cable, or
> > some
> > connection?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt
>

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