14 Nov 2003, 12:11, Roy J. Tellason (1:270/615), wrote to Wayne Chirnside:

Hi Roy.

 WC>> Speedo and tach is now electronic as well.

 RJT> Same in my car.  The speedo didn't work in the car until I fixed 
 RJT> a poor connection underneath.  Somebody had "shortened" a wire 
 RJT> under there and the splicing was done really poorly,  no tape,  
 RJT> nothing,  so when I first got the car the speedo didn't work at 
 RJT> all.

 RJT> Tach is not currently working as I blew a fuse,  same one that 
 RJT> runs the dome light,  dashboard computer,  radio presets (!),  
 RJT> and apparently the tach as well.  The glovebox is out and in the 
 RJT> back seat,  and the wire for its light shorted out.  I'll 
 RJT> replace the fuse when I put it back in there.

Have you ever given me some ideas!  My older daughter's Olds had a problem
last Summer, 'something' blew the fuse for the dome light.  After a week's
worth of hunting down, I found a dime had bounced from her coin tray
(ashtray) into the lighter socket and that's what kept blowing the fuse. 
Got the lights working again, but never placed any connection to the
instruments.  Rode with her last week and noticed the tach was WAY off and
the speedometer was happily bouncing up and down with the road bumps.

Wonder if something there damaged the instrument computer...   hmmm...


     Good luck...  M.

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