Fixing the speedo
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Racer
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From: Portage Michigan
Fixing the speedo
Well, the speedometer in my '81 doesn't work. We (my friend is helping me, I am not much of a mechanic) believe the speedo itself is OK, that its the cables. After talking to someone at a Corvette shop, I was told it may be the part the the two cables connect to. He told me the part (sorry, forget what its called) tended to lock up and break the lower cable. He told me that his shop hasn't found a vendor that carries them and the one business that rebuilt them went out of business. Anyone know of a supplier somewhere? I'd really like to not have to bypass it and lose cruise control, speaking of which, the cruise control DOES work, not sure how that news effects things, I forgot to mention it to the mechanic I talked to. Right now, I'm thinking I'll just spend the $16 to replace the lower cable and see what happens.
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The part you are asking about is the transducer! We rebuild them if you send us your old one.
http://willcoxcorvette.com/advanced_...rds=transducer
If the transducer is locked up, buying a new cable will be a waste of money since it will snap the cable.
You can purchase a cable for a car without cruise control and this will get your speedo working again should you decide to skip over the transducer.
Cable w/o cruise:http://willcoxcorvette.com/product_i...oducts_id=8625
http://willcoxcorvette.com/advanced_...rds=transducer
If the transducer is locked up, buying a new cable will be a waste of money since it will snap the cable.
You can purchase a cable for a car without cruise control and this will get your speedo working again should you decide to skip over the transducer.
Cable w/o cruise:http://willcoxcorvette.com/product_i...oducts_id=8625
Last edited by Willcox Corvette; Jul 1, 2009 at 11:22 PM.
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Racer
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From: Portage Michigan
Yes, that is the part I was talking about. So the fact that cruise control still works doesn't mean much? I was hoping it was a sign the transducer was still good. how do you know for sure the part is bad?
