View Poll Results: Does the Trip Odometer on Your Mechanical Speedo Work?
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8
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Poll: Working Trip Odometer on Mechanical Speedos
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From: Lawrence, KS
Car: Met. Silver 85 IROC/Sold
Engine: 350 HO Deluxe (350ci/330hp)
Transmission: T-5 (Non-WC)
Axle/Gears: Limited Slip 3.23's
Poll: Working Trip Odometer on Mechanical Speedos
If you check the thread, please vote. Mileage would be nice but is not necessary.
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Last edited by JamesC; Jul 9, 2004 at 09:47 AM.
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From: San Antonio, TX
Car: 1988 IROC-Z
Engine: L98 (350 TPI)
Transmission: MD8 (700 R4) + 3.42 LS1 Rear
130,600 88' IROC-Z
it hasen't worked ever, since i owned the car. i bought it with 85,000 miles. i would like for the damn thing to work though.
edit* n/m i just saw James' repair sticky.
thanks alot. i will be repairing it soon. gotta replace the a/c clutch bearing first.
it hasen't worked ever, since i owned the car. i bought it with 85,000 miles. i would like for the damn thing to work though.
edit* n/m i just saw James' repair sticky.
thanks alot. i will be repairing it soon. gotta replace the a/c clutch bearing first. Last edited by mystikkal_69; Jul 8, 2004 at 11:04 AM.
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Joined: Aug 1999
Posts: 19,282
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From: Lawrence, KS
Car: Met. Silver 85 IROC/Sold
Engine: 350 HO Deluxe (350ci/330hp)
Transmission: T-5 (Non-WC)
Axle/Gears: Limited Slip 3.23's
If you want it to work, check the following link:
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=249244
or hit the sticky at the top of the page.
JamesC
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=249244
or hit the sticky at the top of the page.
JamesC
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Car: 1989 Firebird Formula
Engine: Internal Combustion
Transmission: Completed
Axle/Gears: ones that turn.
Dunno how many are on the body, but the engine has 389,xxx km's (~240,000 miles) on it.
I repaired the tripmeter in my old Z28 several years ago, in the same fashion as you have recently posted, except there was only one broken tab on mine.
I repaired the tripmeter in my old Z28 several years ago, in the same fashion as you have recently posted, except there was only one broken tab on mine.
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From: Littleton, CO USA
Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: L92/LQ4 (both w/4" stroke)
Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
Donor car had 123,400 on it when I pulled the engine (and transmission, and all wiring and sensors, and dash, and...). The trip sort of worked, I took the speedo out and tried to superglue the j-hooks back in place. Sort of worked for a couple of weeks, then gave up.
With the new suggested fix, I'm considering taking it out this weekend and trying again. I really like the function on the vehicles I have in which it actually works.
Oh, the original '82 speedo had 133k on it. I don't know if the trip worked, I never drove the car when it had the V6 in it.
With the new suggested fix, I'm considering taking it out this weekend and trying again. I really like the function on the vehicles I have in which it actually works.
Oh, the original '82 speedo had 133k on it. I don't know if the trip worked, I never drove the car when it had the V6 in it.
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From: Northern CA.
Car: '82 Z28
Engine: 350
Transmission: TH400 4,000 stall
Axle/Gears: Currie 9", 4.56 gears
Mine still works fine, 134,XXX miles in an '82. The reset button shaft did break though, just need to make a new one to slip over the broken part.
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From: Mercedes Norte, Heredia, Costa Rica
Car: 1984 Z28 Hardtop
Engine: 383 Carb
Transmission: 4L60
Axle/Gears: 3.54 Dana 44
Now that I think about it, it's not the original trip odometer in my car. The original was still working around 55,000 miles when i replaced the speedometer for one with about 140,000 miles, which is the one still working now.
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