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Title: speedometer bouncing?
Post by: miked1989 on May 23, 2009, 01:29:09 AM
so i was riding in my pinto wagon about 5 years ago before i bought it and noticed that the speedometer was broken. it would bounce when you would accelerate. i don't know to much about cars. what should i replace?
Title: Re: speedometer bouncing?
Post by: 75bobcatv6 on May 23, 2009, 01:30:10 AM
Have you checked to see if the Gear is inserted all the way into the Speedometer? or if the gear at the trans is missing teeth?
Title: Re: speedometer bouncing?
Post by: miked1989 on May 23, 2009, 02:26:30 AM
nope i have not looked at that, when i get out to the pinto ill check that out. thanks
Title: Re: speedometer bouncing?
Post by: r4pinto on May 23, 2009, 06:55:29 AM
It sounds like your speedo cable. Every car I have had that had a speedo cable going bad did the bouncy thing.
Title: Re: speedometer bouncing?
Post by: dave1987 on May 23, 2009, 08:45:20 AM
The speedometer that I got from the 77 Pinto Wagon in Spokane Washington is like that. I don't use it in my car, but I did test it. My original speedometer is nice and steady though.
Title: Re: speedometer bouncing?
Post by: r4pinto on May 31, 2009, 08:34:26 PM
What was the problem? Get the speedo fixed?
Title: Re: speedometer bouncing?
Post by: miked1989 on June 01, 2009, 08:31:46 AM
well no, i have a huge list of things to do to the car. that was just one of them i had been wondering about. plus on top of that i may be selling the pinto
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