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Old Oct 6, 2020 | 06:12 PM
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Car: 1988 Trans Am GTA
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getting speedo to read correctly

car I bought has the gta digital dash. The speedo reads randomly while driving and sometimes even drops to 0. I am guessing the speed sensor needs replacing. Rear gears are changed to 3.73 so what would I need to buy for the 700r4 to make it read correct speed? Is there a special sender or gear I need for the speedo that hooks into the trans?
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Old Oct 6, 2020 | 06:21 PM
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Re: getting speedo to read correctly

you will need a Digital Dakota SG1-5 to get your speedo reading acuratly with your rear gears. As far as the speedo bouncing around i recomend cleaning the connections to the digital dash. I mounted mine here on my digital dash
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Old Oct 6, 2020 | 06:34 PM
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Car: 1988 Trans Am GTA
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Re: getting speedo to read correctly

Originally Posted by 85Z28NOS
you will need a Digital Dakota SG1-5 to get your speedo reading acuratly with your rear gears. As far as the speedo bouncing around i recomend cleaning the connections to the digital dash. I mounted mine here on my digital dash
That is nice spot to mount that. Thanks for sharing!
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Old Jan 4, 2021 | 04:08 PM
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Re: getting speedo to read correctly

Update: for anyone else with a bouncing speedo, I removed my cluster and cleaned the contacts with a brush and now it works fine.
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