Speedometer trouble

[kylebes1]

One day my speedometer just stopped working. I replaced it with a used part.

Well now it works but only if it wants to, there is no variable that makes it work or not work it is completely crazy!

Sometimes after driving a few mile it begins to bounce up, like five or six times, then it works until I have ot shut the car off again. Aftre this it usually goes back to sleep and does not work again for a while.

I want to get this thing working again so I now if I am speeding or not!

I cannot afford another ticket!

[nando]

check the sensor on your diff, the wires get brittle and can break. also make sure your speedo is grounded properly.

[kylebes1]

I just chaged diffs, but I will check the actually wires. Is there a common ground for the cluster? where does the speedo ground?

[kylebes1]

checked all the conectors and wires, everything is A1. need more options

[Jarvis]

Re: Speedometer trouble

I want to get this thing working again so I now if I am speeding or not!

I cannot afford another ticket!

Anyone who has driven the same car for more than a week should be able to figure out MPH based on which gear they're in and RPMs. My speedometer hasn't worked since December, but I still always know how fast I'm going to within 2 MPH or so.

[Digitalwave]

Are you sure the new speedo you got was good? The gears strip in them all the time, and it will cause the problems you are having.

[kylebes1]

Re: Speedometer trouble

I want to get this thing working again so I now if I am speeding or not!

I cannot afford another ticket!

Anyone who has driven the same car for more than a week should be able to figure out MPH based on which gear they're in and RPMs. My speedometer hasn't worked since December, but I still always know how fast I'm going to within 2 MPH or so.

All my gearing is different now with the m50. I do not like to explain myself in such ways.

I picke d it up used and have since ordered another one form a guy on here, it also is used, he only wanted 10 bucks for it, so if this does not work i am buying a new cluster and speedo and the other gauges as well form the dealer.

[Digitalwave]

Ouch, I wouldn't like to see the bill for a new cluster and gauges from the dealer.

[kylebes1]

the speedo alone is 350.00 but that is a last resort

[Halon]

dizamn. I can't afford 350. Mine is broken too. Damn Cheap-ass BMWs! :P Haha. kidding. Seriously, for such a nice car though, my car has alot of ghetto in it. Maybe someone left it parked next to a a '68 impalla too long or something.