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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 10:33 PM
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My Speedo stopped.What could cause this?I know the transmission plug is in and ok.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 10:36 PM
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A bad sensor, bad sensor connection, a stripped drive or driven (or both) gear come to mind. Also check the serrvice manual. A fuse for that circuit could be blown.
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 10:18 PM
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Would this cause the car to run weird.It idles all the way down to 500 when you hit the brake.Even doing 70 or more.What else could this be?
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 04:42 AM
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Do you have or could you borrow a scanner such as Auto x-ray? With it you could tell if the transmission is sending the signal.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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I have one.But it is just a code reader.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 10:34 PM
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It is probably the plastic gear.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 10:50 PM
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Since were on the subject of a bad speedo, I just had a keisler 500 tranny put in and 2 shops are having the oddest time trying to install this calibration box, Both shops say they got it hooked up EXACTLY how the directions say, but there is no signal going to my digidash, the speedo is lit up and stays at "0", but doesn't recieved any signal when pushing the up/down buttons on the calibrator. A guy at a corvette shop gave up on it. Anybody have any suggestions for me to look at, I got an 85 and the speedo did work fine when I had the 4+3 in. But now it don't...The calibrator is out of the question to be broke, its the 2nd unit and it was Checked out to be fine when mailed out, course digital dakota claimed they never had a broke calibrator of that specific model.
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Old Jul 22, 2005 | 09:58 AM
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Gear inside the tranny?I pulled the sensor but I don't think thats it.
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92 convertible was running fine Mon-Tue-Wed. I started it Thur morning and SERVICE ENGINE light on. Speedo wouldn't read anything but zero. Engine hesitates on accel. Shorted A-B and got only SYS flashes. Shorted A-G and got codes: with small '1': C41, H41, H72, ---, with small '4': Err, then with small '9' got H65, H72, --- then small '1.0' I think this means that my electronic spark timing has a bad connection or bad box, or my ECM needs replacing. Any suggestions?
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Where do the speedo wires go to?I'd like to trace down this prob as well!
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 04:44 PM
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I had a fitting break in the rear end of my 93 and got the service engine soon light. After speedo was repaired service engine soon light was gone.
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 05:41 PM
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Is it poss. to check the voltage on the connector.The one that plugs to the tranny.If so what voltage am I looking for?Where does this run?What does this connect to?Thanks
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