Loud noise behind dash

I have a 1990 4Runner V6 4x4 with 388,000 km. There was a noise behind
the dash that was speed sensitive and very irritating. I had the
speedo cable replaced but I still get the noise and the needle jumping
around mostly in the morning. What else could it be? It took them 3
hrs to change the cable - not cheap! Please help!

On 19 Apr 2005 11:09:18 -0700, "Marty" <marc.baril@absu.accenture.com>
wrote:
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>I have a 1990 4Runner V6 4x4 with 388,000 km. There was a noise behind
>the dash that was speed sensitive and very irritating. I had the
>speedo cable replaced but I still get the noise and the needle jumping
>around mostly in the morning. What else could it be? It took them 3
>hrs to change the cable - not cheap! Please help![/color]

Speedometer may be bad--I've seen them fail like this.

"Marty" <marc.baril@absu.accenture.com> schreef in bericht
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>I have a 1990 4Runner V6 4x4 with 388,000 km. There was a noise behind
> the dash that was speed sensitive and very irritating. I had the
> speedo cable replaced but I still get the noise and the needle jumping
> around mostly in the morning. What else could it be? It took them 3
> hrs to change the cable - not cheap! Please help!
>[/color]
Might be the aircon ducts that rattle on the bulkhead. But the jumping
needle might implicate that the work hasn't been done too seriously :-(
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Greetz,
Frank

Can I replace only the speedo (or broken parts of it) or do I have to
replace the whole cluster? Is it a big job?

getting to the speedo is a huge PITA :(

Matt

On 19 Apr 2005 20:54:20 -0700, "L" <web1000@shaw.ca> wrote:
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>getting to the speedo is a huge PITA :(
>
>Matt[/color]

Well that settles that: it has to be the speedometer! <g> Try thinking
out of the box, instead of getting to the speedometer, maybe pull the
entire cluster. Often times this is easier than trying one part.

A good shop/body manual is excellent if it covers this--there are so
many things you don't realize... Things like, is there a pushon clip,
or a hidden screw holding a trim piece!

> Well that settles that: it has to be the speedometer! <g> Try
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> out of the box, instead of getting to the speedometer, maybe pull the
> entire cluster. Often times this is easier than trying one part.[/color]

Getting either out is a PITA :(

"Marty" <marc.baril@absu.accenture.com> wrote in message
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> Can I replace only the speedo (or broken parts of it) or do I have to
> replace the whole cluster? Is it a big job?
>[/color]
I forget what kind of vehicle but the speedometer head should be separate
from the rest of the cluster. The head is not user-serviceable so you have
to replace the head.
--
Ray O
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