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Brenner5
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Post Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:52 pm

i got a very annoying problem with my speedo


everytime i accelerate the speedo needle dies not giving me a reading. as soon as i let go of the accelerator the needle comes back to life and gives me a reading


has anyone had this problem or know what the problem is or could be?

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Post Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:45 pm

Probably the connector on the back of the diff, the wire into the connector often breaks so you will get an intermittent signal to the speedo.
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Post Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:56 pm

indeed kevin same thing happened to me.. i just cleaned up the connectors and put them back on.. lube em up with a bit of dubs aswell
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Post Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:00 am

I had exactly the same thing!

Found on mine it was the connections to the speedo dial in the cluster itself that were at fault so every time I accelerated, the inertia of the dial broke the connection, and when I started braking, the momentum remade the connection.

Open up the head and re-flow the solder on the joints in there if the other suggestions don't work :)
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