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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 03:45 PM
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odometer and trip meter not working help!

my speedo works fine but my trip meter and odometer dont move at all. How can i get it working again
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 11:06 AM
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Car: 1988 GTA
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Re: odometer and trip meeter nmot working help!

Mine is the same way. What year is your car? There is an easy fix for the cable driven speedos but the later models use and electronic speedo. I asked this question a few month back and nobody knew how to fix the odomoeters on the electric speedos.

I recently took one apart at the junkyard to see what I'm working with before I break mine lol. There is a small electric motor that rolls the numbers over on your odometer. I plan to swap mine out and see if that works. I'm betting the most likely source of the problem is the little plastic gears though. On the one I took apart they literally crumbled to pieces in my fingers. I'll let you know what I find if I ever get around to taking mine apart. Good luck!
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 09:59 PM
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Re: odometer and trip meeter nmot working help!

Mine quit on the way to being inspected. Guy wondered why my trip meter said 0 miles...

I did a bunch of research trying to find replacement "gears" etc. but all that really seemed a safe bet was to find a reputable gauge repair business and send the cluster off.

I'm going with a set of speedhut gauges personally. I'm unsure if the speedo I bought has a good odometer or just a trip meter. With 168,xxx miles and an engine swap - I doubt anybody wanting to buy my car cares about the mileage.
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