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Old 10-30-2011, 11:27 AM
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WHy is my speedo jumping and chirping??

Lately its gotten really bad. The needle will vary 10mph back and forth and it's chirping horribly. Very VERY distracting.

What do I need to do to fix this? Oil on the gears? Tighten something? I would really like to get this little issue fixed because its super annoying.


Any help is appreciated. Thanks guys.
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Re: WHy is my speedo jumping and chirping??

Originally Posted by vistageek92
Lately its gotten really bad. The needle will vary 10mph back and forth and it's chirping horribly. Very VERY distracting.

What do I need to do to fix this? Oil on the gears? Tighten something? I would really like to get this little issue fixed because its super annoying.
Sounds like 20+ years of crud has gummed the works. Try cleaning and relubing. Instructions below:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...eedo-woes.html

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Thanks James. How much of the dash to you have to take apart to get the cluster out?
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Re: WHy is my speedo jumping and chirping??

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Thanks James. How much of the dash to you have to take apart to get the cluster out?
Check the second link in post #1 of the thread I posted above.

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