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Author Message   Cereal Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 04:28 pm:        Has anyone else had trouble with their mechanical speedometer? I took the speedo and tach off to paint the bezel black, put them back on, and then the speedo went crazy. It bounced back and forth for a couple of seconds, then slowly buried the needle clockwise and would not go back to zero. I opened it up and found that the spring broke off and became wrapped around the shaft. I am scared of putting the new one on until I know what caused this to happen. At $160 a pop, I’d rather not experiment. I checked the cable and everything looks fine. Since I don’t believe in coincidence, the only thing I can think of is that it was probably dropped. Does anyone else have any ideas? Will upload a few pics later.   Cereal Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 12:13 am:        Look between the 'flywheel' and the numbers Should be a spring there. (Message edited by cereal on April 17, 2005) (Message edited by cereal on April 17, 2005)   Cerbero Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 02:25 pm:        i used to own old volkswagens and i had a speedo that behaved exactly as you describe... when i took it apart to fix it i found that the two rotating pieces were simply rubbing against each other... i managed to get everything aligned and lubricated and it worked perfectly after that. i think a frayed cable will cause your needle to bounce (don't quote me on that) but i don't think it would cause the other problems you describe. can you reattach the spring? maybe you could get it working again...   Firemanjim Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 04:05 pm:        I have a speedo off of a 1998 S-3,has small ding in bezel.--10.00 + shipping and it's yours.   Sportyeric Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 05:10 pm:        How did you get it apart?   Cereal Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 05:24 pm:        Firemanjim: I’m intrigued. I’ve already ordered one from the dealership, but I may be able to cancel the order. It is the mechanical speedometer correct? What is the mileage on the odometer? Is the bezel black or chrome? Do you have a digital pic you could post for me? Sportyeric: Hacksaw   Firemanjim Posted on Monday, April 18, 2005 - 11:55 am:        Mechanical and has 21,000,black(I think).Should have,but am not at home right now.Look here. http://www.kodakgallery.com/PhotoView.jsp?&collid=138450152205&photoid=891680152205 (Message edited by firemanjim on April 18, 2005)   Cereal Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 12:34 pm:        Hey Firemanjim, sorry it took so long to post back. I've decided, after much deliberation, to go with the new one from the dealership. Thanks for the offer though.

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