In that case it MUST be the speedometer itself. Have you swapped it out for a unit that is known to work properly? What about the speed sensor (?) on back of the speedometer? Or am I thinking of the tach pickup?
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Euan <goneb...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > Hi Andrew > > I'll be interested in replies to this. > > I've lived with a jittery speedo since an indy barbarian screwed up a > speedo recalibration 180,000 miles ago. > > The fix has always been to replace the cable. In all other respects, > everything seems to be fine. Cable takes the correct path from go-to-wo, and > the speedo itself has checked out OK. > However, it seems to me that I'm replacing the cable far too often. > > The jitter problem is most accentuated during summer when the wagon > (normally garaged) sees more of the sun on the dashboard. > Cheers > > Euan > 1985 300TD 5-spd manual > 215K mi > > Christchurch > NZ > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090317/791d9b02/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
