rumor has it that Tom wrote:
> car is a 1977 300D. Been about 50k miles a little over a year since I
> changed out speedo cable.
>
> Got in car this morn and going down road noticed nothing happened. No
> speed, no trip odometer (tried zeroing in) movement, no main mileage
> odometer movement. This was right after starting the vehicle. We had a
> wicked yankee clipper come through yesterday so I figured maybe things
> froze up. Got the cabin nice and toasty and ran the piss out of the car on
> the express way for about 15 miles. No go.
>
> Symptoms seem to indicate speedo cable. Do they only last 50k miles. Last
> time I did the cable I had the odometer sent off to have serviced. Any
> thoughts please.
My experience is that a cable will make noise or cause the speedometer
to jump a _lot_ before it quits altgether.
So I'd check both end and make sure it didn't just become disconnected.
Philip, do the easy stuff first!
