I have a 1982 Camaro the car has been sitting for a few months the speedometer/odometer does not move at all, stays still. It is a mechanical stock speedometer/odometer goes to 85. Any ideas would be great took dash apart seems to be ok. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Justin

 

Broken cable perhaps. Jerk the cluster and pull the cable up through its housing. If it's snapped, you'll see soon enough. Should that be the case, unhook the cable at the tranny end, yank the second piece of the cable, then flush the cable housing with cleaner (I used brake cleaner) until the fluid is clean. Lube the new cable with Syl-Glyde or a similiar product and reinsert.

JamesC

 

If your cable is broke, get a new cable with the casing and you won't have to mess with the old one. When I purchased mine it was around $20. Mine was broken near the tranny and the other pieces would not come out of the old casing.

When you put the cable back on the tranny, be careful if you have a plastic speedo gear housing, they can get quite brittle.

 

The reason I suggested replacing the cable itself is because routing a new cable with the engine in the car is possible certainly, but difficult (at least for an old fart like me). The driven gear is plastic, the sleeve is metal.

JamesC