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Jaydub
| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 09:05 am: |
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My speedometer works fine except for "spirited" acceleration. The needle sweeps wildly up and down, and only catches up when I'm not revving hard. I cleaned off the metal shavings last night, but the issue still remains. I understand the frequency factor as discussed in other posts, but I have a stock exhaust / intake so I'm not sure that is the issue. Should just bite the bullet and buy a replacement sensor with the upgraded part number, or would the cell phone resistor mod take care of this? |
Reepicheep
| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 01:41 pm: |
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Usually when the thing fails due to voltage spikes, it goes in and out one or two times, and then stays dead forever. It sounds like you might have something else going on... I would check connections and grounds first... |
Jaydub
| Posted on Friday, January 11, 2008 - 01:43 pm: |
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Thanks Reepicheep! I followed the sensor wire to where it plugs in, and it looked fine. I pulled off the connector and where the wires had been bent to fit in with the other mass of wires in that area, a little bit of the shielding was missing on the red wire - electrical tape, then more around all 3. Problem is gone |
Jaydub
| Posted on Friday, January 11, 2008 - 03:20 pm: |
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not quite fixed yet - i took another blast and the problem is not gone. More wire chasing this weekend |
Reepicheep
| Posted on Friday, January 11, 2008 - 04:26 pm: |
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Keep wiggling until it gets better, or you break it That's my approach. |
Jaydub
| Posted on Friday, January 11, 2008 - 04:54 pm: |
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yep - already broken (somewhat) if i can't fix it i'll break it for sure |
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