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Subject:Re: '84 speedometer failure
From:Doug Alcock
Date:Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:10:34 -0500

Whoops --- my Wety is also an 84.......

Doug

On 11/16/07, Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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