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Re:<02> Speedo Problems

On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, xylocopa@domain.elided (Eric Barnes) wrote:
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>- -BMW Friends
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>I was driving over the Bay Bridge this morning in my fairly clean '76 <02>
>and looked down at the speedo and wasn't working!  I'm just starting to see
>some of the other gauges (temperature specifically) flicker because of bad
>grounding.  But my big question to all you is; How can I tell if this is a
>bad ground or the cable is broken?
>
>Thanks for the help!
>- -E
>
>Eric Barnes

Eric,

2002 speedo is a mechanical instrument and uses no electical connections, 
other than for illumination. It could be that some of the gears are worn 
out. I saw a 2002 speedo wherein worm gear "ate" away teeth on the gear it 
was supposed to turn. The worm gear was spininning inside the cavity it 
created! Perhaps a trip to a wreckyard could help.

Hope this helps,

Miro




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