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Jon Site Admin
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 2421 Location: Bishop GA
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject: Speedo screaming |
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I'm assuming the cold weather is causing the speedo in the 67 bug I take care of to make a loud screaming noise. I've lubed the cable with graphite. That didn't help. The car stays in a heated garage when I have it, but still is making its noise once it is out and driving. It sometimes quits for a time and then starts again. When it is at its loudest the needle jumps around.
I need to fix it before I take it back to its owner. _________________ 73 Typ481
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laith
Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 88 Location: Augusta
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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My experience with the watercooled speedos (can't imagine they are that different) is that the problem is not with the cable but is with the speedo itself. The one that I rebuilt for the Jetta did exactly as you described and still did it after numerous disassemblies and copious quantities of lube. I eventually replaced it and never quite figured out what caused the screaming.
Take the car back to its owner on a warm day. |
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serprice
Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Statham
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Mine did the exact same thing about a year ago. I pulled the cable off the back of the speedo head and squirted pb blast in it and let it run down in it. It takes a min. cause you can only spray alittle at a time. I haven't had a sound sense. I have probably gone 20,000+ miles sense then. White lithium spray works great to. I feel like it is most likely in the cable. I would do that and if it still carries on put a cable in it. _________________ Shane Price
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serprice
Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Statham
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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BTW I assume this is the 67 I saw you in last week. I meant to comment before, THAT THING IS SWEEEET ! _________________ Shane Price
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Jon Site Admin
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 2421 Location: Bishop GA
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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It is that same 67. I wish it were mine. It isn't (wasn't) the cable. The speedo killed itself on the way home. I had just about decided it was a gearing problem when the needle went nuts. It hit the stop and broke in half. It spun like a propeller the rest of the way home.
Anybody got and extra speedo for a 67? _________________ 73 Typ481
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serprice
Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Statham
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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Damn thats crazy I can check with shorty tomorrow. He may have one. Do you know how many years will work in a 67? I know it would have to be 67 and earlier. But arent they're diff. top speeds on certain years? I just sold Joe my 62 parts bug. It had a speedo in it. Oh well. _________________ Shane Price
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Jon Site Admin
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 2421 Location: Bishop GA
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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I think they are the same from the time they changed from clear needles to the time when they put in the gas gauge. I may actually have one. I'll need to dig thru my boxes of parts.
Tanbug-if you read this...how much do you charge to rebuild a speedo? _________________ 73 Typ481
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serprice
Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Statham
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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Never the less I'll check anyway. If all else fails let me know. _________________ Shane Price
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Mountain Power House
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 879 Location: Aircooled Heaven USA
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Graphite is your friend... Use it liberally on the speedo cable as well as inside the speedo drive. _________________ Jake Raby
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scott
Joined: 15 Nov 2007 Posts: 279 Location: bethlehem ga
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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hey jon -i have motorcycle -clutch and cable lube it works great on my speedo- if you would like to try let me know - i can run it over sometime- _________________ flat black 68 with biggies on back skinny up front- no power and i dont need wax!!!always ready for icecream !!! |
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Jon Site Admin
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 2421 Location: Bishop GA
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Mountain Power House wrote: | Graphite is your friend... Use it liberally on the speedo cable as well as inside the speedo drive. |
I used graphite on the cable and intended to do the same with the speedo....it just self-destructed before I could get home to do it. _________________ 73 Typ481
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69 KG
Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 28 Location: Flowery Branch
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Graphite got me by about a year. Then it was time to find a new speedo. |
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serprice
Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Statham
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Jon the graphite thing could still work. Just take a no. 2 pencil and stab it through the glass. That should stop the needle from spinning like a propeller . Then you just get Van halen 1984. Tap your foot to panama, and just speed up until the broken white lines go by at the same tempo. Thats 60 mph _________________ Shane Price
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Jon Site Admin
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 2421 Location: Bishop GA
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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Sweeeeet idea Shane....I'm heading out to try it now. _________________ 73 Typ481
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JOHNB
Joined: 03 Jun 2008 Posts: 44 Location: Alto,GA
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:26 am Post subject: SCREAMING SPEEDO |
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HEY JON MY SPEEDO DID THE SAME THING TWO DAYS AGO.I LUBED THE CABLE AND IT DID NOT HELP,SO I TOOK THE SPEEDO APART AND THERE IS A BRASS PIECE THAT HOLDS IN THE GEAR FOR THE ODOMETER AND IT POPED LOOSE AND WAS BINDING THE GEAR.THAT FIXED MINE FOR NOW,DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT IT ANYWAY. |
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