[DeTomaso] Speedo noise
Don Franck
panteradon at gmail.com
Wed Dec 11 17:03:20 EST 2013
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
--
Don
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