MI1 speedo jitters..

[soltwede@privateI.com (Night Shadow)]

Speedo cable.

Eric


On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Cory Langford wrote:

> 
> Okay.  I have a rather annoying problem with the speedo on the '79
> 
> It jitters.
> 
> The car goes at a constant speed (or what seems to be) but the
> speedo-needle does not stay constant, or rise and fall nice and smooth.  It
> bounces around.
> 
> at 120 it keeps shuttering between about 115-125.  Back and forth no stop.
> 
> Anyone else seen this problem?  Any ideas what it could be?  Should I look
> at swapping out the speedo, or could a bad speedo cable do that if it gets
> all rusted or gummed up (probably the original cable I suspect)?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Cory Langford
> '86 turbo project - running, just needs tuning :)
> '79 daily driver - Restore in progress...
> '65 Ghia - The next project in the garage
> 
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Eric
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