Odometer not working

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dicegame
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Post Wed May 02, 2018 8:17 am

Hi guys,

I've got a 316 '87 model with a speedometer in miles. i took it apart and noticed I have a motometer odometer. It has the orange,black and dark brownish color for the gears. I've found a couple of suppliers from the states, but was wondering if you guys know of anyone in Europe that stock these parts?

Suppliers i found: http://www.odometergears.com/products/B ... 2-94+US/24 (looking at the first motometer option with a price of $85 usd).
https://store.garagistic.com/Motometer- ... ption=true

have you guys heard of these suppliers or ordered from them before? any idea on the quality of their products?

Im based out of Malta.

Thats my speedometer below, i know i mentioned mph, as i got a feeling my gears are for the mph version.

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Thank you very much
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Post Wed May 02, 2018 8:30 am

Biggest reason for speedo not working is the speedo drive in the differential or the wiring going to the speedo drive.

I would be checking the wiring first at the differential end.
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Post Wed May 02, 2018 8:33 am

Hi Sanchez, sorry its the odometer thats not working, the speedometer is working fine. When i opened up the motometer unit the gears had missing teeth and one was broken, so im assuming its a gear issue at this point. Just was wondering if its at all possible to confirm that the products im looking at are the correct ones, and/or if there is other/better suppliers than those two.

Thank you
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Post Wed May 09, 2018 9:26 am

if its the white gear the garagastic one works fine.