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Whining speedometer on a cold morning
Hi guys- Cold weather has arrived in the Pacific Northwest in a big way and my 87 LE is complaining a little bit. This morning as I accelerated on the way to work the speedometer started whining VERY loudly within the dash and began to act crazy. I wanted to stop and figure it out but I had to get to work so I kept going and eventually the whining stopped and the needle quit working entirely. So something likely gave out, probably within the dash.
Has anybody else had this happen?
-Justin
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Re: Whining speedometer on a cold morning
So I guess speedometer trouble in extreme cold is fairly normal.......Still, with as much noise as it made, I was sure something had broken. I took it all apart tonight and moved the needle back to zero mph (it was straight down). I examined the back and unsnapped the connection, checked it out, and then resnapped it in. I drove it before I put it back together-the gauge is back to working perfectly. Just to be sure I did check the bottom end of the cable where it goes into the adapter and then into the transmission. Everything there looked fine as well.
Weird. I am not going to complain. It was just so friggin loud. Like a turbo going bad on a diesel. And then the abrupt stop. Moral of this story---when it's -2 outside, let your van warm up for longer than five minutes.
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Re: Whining speedometer on a cold morning
JF - It is a common fault.
I have had that issue in many older cars including both the van and T4, I don't know the exact cause but have found that removing and cleaning the cable then greasing it lightly with a quality grease (that won't freeze) seems to help the situation.
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