My speedometer didn't work at all on my commute. It always kicks it at some point. I wonder if it finally gave up. Hmmm... Bad VSS (vehicle speed sensor)?, Loose Wiring?, Bad speedometer head? I don't know if a bad VSS will throw a code or not. I wish there was a way to tell. If I had cruise control I could check the VSS, but I don't.
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'Objects In Space'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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Gudanov - Jul 17, 2009 5:30:40 am PDT #29619 of 30000
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tommyrot - Jul 17, 2009 5:35:32 am PDT #29620 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gud, is your car 1996 or later? Because if so, it should be easy to read the OBD-2 code (if you have a laptop and the right adapter).
Gudanov - Jul 17, 2009 5:35:42 am PDT #29621 of 30000
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Shit, the VSS should throw a code. There goes the easy and cheap fix.
Gudanov - Jul 17, 2009 5:37:04 am PDT #29622 of 30000
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It's a 1994. But I don't have a check engine light going off, so presumably it's not throwing any codes.
tommyrot - Jul 17, 2009 5:39:33 am PDT #29623 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Are you sure the speedometer isn't completely mechanical? (If it is purely mechanical, it should connect to the transmission, right?)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 17, 2009 5:39:52 am PDT #29624 of 30000
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Thankfully no one in my family except my parents ever needs money from me, and them I can just give it to rather than expecting repayment without it bothering me. (Though I do wish they would do more research/test runs of big purchases before I lay out the cash for them. Everything wheelchair-related that I've spent lots of $ on, they've ended up not using and going back to whatever old version they were using before.)
Gudanov - Jul 17, 2009 5:46:59 am PDT #29625 of 30000
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I'm pretty sure that this generation of civic is an electrical speedo. I think '91 (previous generation) was the last with a mechanical one.
sj - Jul 17, 2009 5:49:27 am PDT #29626 of 30000
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tommyrot - Jul 17, 2009 5:50:22 am PDT #29627 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm pretty sure that this generation of civic is an electrical speedo. I think '91 (previous generation) was the last with a mechanical one.
Hmmm... maybe you could just get a GPS and use it as a speedometer? Or else attach a bicycle wheel to the back of your car, and then attach a bicycle speedometer to that? Or have a laser that shoots at the pavement, and measure the red-shift of the reflected light to determine your speed (like astronomers do to stars).
Gudanov - Jul 17, 2009 5:55:22 am PDT #29628 of 30000
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Hmmm... maybe you could just get a GPS and use it as a speedometer?
Maybe. Oh well, I can check the wiring and hope.