The odometer in my 91 SL-2 sticks and then goes into overtime, turning over like a clock. The speedometer function does not appear to be affected, however. Both the trip odo and regular odo exhibit the same anomaly.
Anybody out there have an answer?
91 Odometer Goes Crazy!
Oct 15, 2004
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Sorry, I don't; but you might be interested to know that Mark Twain had a similar problem!
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From the posts I've read, that should be a mechanically activated odometer. If that's correct, the odometer and trip odometer 1/10 mile digit wheels are driven off of a worm gear on the speedometer cable. If the rest of the digits are changing with the 1/10 wheel, then something is binding. Not sure how easy this is to remove and repair. Back in the '60's it wasn't too bad. Since the advent of anti-tamper legislation, it has gotten more difficult to take apart and service odometers. Worst come to worst, you might have to buy a used speedometer and install it. If you do dis-assemble it for inspection, do so on a clean surface. The speedometer portion has a disk magnet that rotates inside an aluminum cup. The clearances are tight and any crud that gets pulled onto the magnet will only compound your problems. It is a somewhat fragile assembly.
Am I showing my age with talk of 'back in the '60s? I'm 53 and have a 3 year old grandchild. :-)
Thank you, Oppie. I have pretty much reached the same conclusions, too. Has anybody out there taken one of these out/apart?
I recently bought a replacement gear for $30 and replaced it in about 2 hours.
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You have to be careful to get the odometer out of the cluster, but then its a easy to replace the gear.
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