RE: broken speedo

[Dan McCormack <mcwheels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As George said you most likely broke the cable or possibly the trans 
gear but before you try to replace anything reach up (if you can) and 
see if you can turn the brass fitting on the back of the speedo where 
the cable goes in by hand. If you can't pull the speedo out and you will 
see a tiny hole on the back with a cotton wick sticking out that needs 
to be oiled. I had a 66 Charger that was making a noise in the speedo 
and then one day it made a loud squeeling noise and quit working. The 
cable was broke but the real problem was that the head had siezed up. I 
was able to oil that wick and get it freed up on the work bench by 
putting a broken piece of cable in it and running it with a drill motor. 
Put it back in with a new cable and and never had another problem. I 
guess that wick on the back needs  to be oiled every 30 or 40 years 
(LOL) but you have to take out the speedo to do it.

Dan


george smith wrote:
> 
> My guess is the cablble or the speedo head or trans
> gear took the day off forever.Pull the gear from the
> trans first to see if there are any teeth left. Then
> tackle the tougher part in the dash.
> --- Derek Fried <FFParamederek@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > So when I bought my Sport Fury the guy I bought it
> > from told me he had disconnected the speedometer
> > because it had been making weird noises.  So after
> > driving around following the common speed law of
> > "flow of traffic", I decided to plug it back in.  It
> > worked great for about 2 miles, a little shaky but
> > still doing quite well, then I heard a snap, it
> > pegged at 120 then back to 0 and I cant get it to
> > move.  Disconnected it and plugged it back in and
> > still cant get the dang thing to move.  
> >    
> >   Anyone know whats going on and how I can fix it?  
> >    
> >   Derek
> >   65 Sport Fury 383 4V


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