TR Sills (trsi…@ccgate.hac.com) wrote:

: My speedo in my Fox used to bounce around when driving on the freeway
: & it would register a much higher speed.  Sooo, when I replaced the
: cluster w/ the one w/ a tach…the problem was still there.  Thinking
: the culprit was the cable, I’ve just replaced that w/ a new one & now
: the problem seems worse.  When I hit a bump (or run over the Botts
: Dots) the needle will jump around.   Can anyone provide some ideas?
: Is it the gearing stuff inside speedo?

: TIA,

: TR

I haven’t looked at the speedo in a Fox, but I wonder if you have an
elapsed mileage counter in your speedo cable that is dragging. Did
your replacement cable go from the transmission all the way to the
back of the speedo gauge itself?? If it did, then I can only guess
that it is truly as you say and it’s "in the speedo". Unfortunately, I
don’t know a fix if that is the case. I’m not all that certain I even
have a full comprehension on how a speedo registers the speed in teh
first place, and I’ve had a few apart… Seems like a drag thing
    Mark Wendt "WHERE?" ’80 Scirocco_S w/’85 Golf_//_GTI engine
     Just trying to help…