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Subject:Re: Speaking of 1982 Diesels...
From:Tony Collins
Date:Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:23:35 -0400

Dear Paul,

The gear in the odometer is gone bunkers (has a crack on it) and thus acts
up when you put it back into the dash.... There are fixes for this.

HTH,
Tony

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Paul Chubbuck <paul@takingflight.net>wrote:

> I have a 1982 diesel to gas conversion.
>
> A few days ago the odometer quit working.  The speedometer is working fine,
> so obviously, the cable inside the cable housing is turning properly.  I
> removed the instrument and, using a drill with proper square bit, spun the
> instrument, and on the table, both speedometer and odometer worked fine,
> but
> after I reinstalled everything, it was the same as before.
>
> Any idea what is going on here?
>
> Paul from Colorado
>

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