RE: Latest Alfa Owner and Spider Speedos...

["Weiss, Jeffrey" <jeffrey.weiss@domain.elided>]

> On the speedo irregularities (reading slower over time) on 
> the late Spiders, that is absolutely the most common problem
> we've seen. Over time, the value of the trimmer pot on the
> pcb of the speedo changes value. We used to send off the
> speedos to Palo Alto or North Hollywood, but now we just
> adjust the existing pot using our signal generator until we
> can't correct it anymore and then replace the pot. Can't
> think of the value off hand, but that's the deal!

OK guys, what's MY deal?  I also have a '93 with speedo
problems.  Typical behavior has been that it's been reading
low (also about 15 mph), but depending on weather conditions,
it'll run from very low (winter) to about accurate - summer
behavior was either 10-15 mph low or accurate.

Now, about a month ago, it basically quit, and the odo (which
has been OK all along) quit as well.  However, while the odo
has stayed dead, the speedo has given me a day or two of
working (reading accurately) during the course of this "dead"
month.  So the new behavior is that the odo is dead and the
speedo is dead 95% of the time, and fine the other 5%.

Car has 25401 miles on it (destined to stay that way!).
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jw
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