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Old 02-17-2006, 06:47 PM
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Default Fixed my odometer gear. Now the speedo reads 10 mph too high
<center><img src="http://www.hostdub.com/albums/thetatau87_album04/1990_CQ_008.sized.jpg"></center><p>I can't figure out why the speedo is reading 10 mph too high after I fixed the odometer. I don't think I put the needle back on wrong because I used a picture of the dash to get it positioned correctly. It is sitting just below the first mark when stopped. What could I have messed up to cause the speedo to be off?
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If you used a speedometer mechinism from a non-20v cluster it will be 10+mph fast.
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hijack: On your SQ cluster sig pic any idea what the middle icon is for on the 3x3 idiot lights?
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I didn't change the speedo, just replaced the broken gear.
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changing that gear should not have effected the speedo at all, the gears only turn the odo
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The tach is reading a few hundred RPM high too
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Default actually a 20v speedo is +10 for a CQ as well. found out the hard way...
"i was really doing 93" the cop said yep.
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Default Can anyone confirm this? I don't know why they would be differant. Are you getting this
from your experience only?
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Default Tach and speedo are high? You have a voltage problem...
Maybe something got knocked loose when you changed the gears?
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