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!