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tercelled · 02-11-2005, 09:24 PM

well for some odd reason, my spedometer is off by 20 km/h...
i took the cluster off last summer when i was wiring my tach in, and just lately one day its off by twenty.
anyone know how to fix this?

virtualkuz · 02-11-2005, 09:37 PM

do you have the original wheels and original size tires on the car? if you put aftermarket rims / tires the circumference of the total wheel is different than how it came from the factory, hense causing the speedo to be off. If you have factory sized tires then I don't know what the problem would be that would cause it to be a consistent 20 km/h off. Did you figure this out with one of those police "your speed is XXX" things? If it is off only a little at slow speeds and gradually gets more off the faster you go then you definitely have a wheel ratio problem.

tercelled · 02-11-2005, 09:41 PM

well everything is factory.. wheels and all...
i figured it out, when i started driving down my road, for about 4 seconds and my spedometer was just getting past zero, then to test it out even further i drove down the street with a friend in a car beside me yelling out his speed, and i was 20 off consistently...
maybe the needle is not tight or just needs to be pinned to start at zero..
i donno...???

Hajoca · 02-11-2005, 09:56 PM

Are you High or Low 20??

tercelled · 02-11-2005, 11:48 PM

low 20