[DeTomaso] Speedo noise

[Don Franck]

Well crap.

OK, let me try again.

Drove the car with everything hooked up and the speeddo made a very loud
noise.

I disconnected the cable at the speedo, drove around the block.  NO noise!!!

This is a new cable!!!

I then sprayed dry spray into the end of the speed, reconnected the cable
and NO NOISE.

Sorry for my poor communication!!!

Don


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:35 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 12/11/13 12 26 10, panteradon at gmail.com writes:
>
>
> Like I said before, I don't think it was the cable.  I disconnected the
> speedo AT THE SPEEDO, not the transaxle.  Still had noise.
>
> One more thing I did not mention (my bad).  This IS a new cable.
>
> At any rate, the noise is gone now.  If it comes back, the speedo will
> have to come out to be looked at.
>
> >>>Okay, now you're blowing my mind.
>
> You disconnected the cable from the speedo, at the speedo.  And you still
> had noise.  That's what you just said above.
>
> That proves uncategorically, beyond a doubt, that the problem is not in
> the speedometer--how can it make noise if it's not connected to anything?
> Now, if the noise went away when you disconnected it, there would be at
> least a remote possibility that the problem would be in the gauge.  But I
> would view that as a 1% chance at best.
>
> If a speedo cable makes noise when it's not hooked to the speedo,
> obviously the problem is the cable.
>
> If you just installed a new cable, did you take pains to ensure the
> routing was friendly?  I have installed cables in the past in my own car,
> where the routing was suboptimal and they made noise right away.  Although
> it was a PIA, I had to just go back and rethink the routing behind the
> dash, and take greater pains to give it as straight a shot as possible into
> the back of the gauge.  That fixed it.
>
> Mike




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Don
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