[donutdan4114]

Hey guys (and girls), I was just wondering if someone could describe to me how the odometer works exactly... The strangest thing happened today. My odometer has been "stuck" or broken for a long time now. Today however, I realized that the odometer was suddenly working! The only thing I've recently done on the car is put in a new distributor... So, why did my odometer just start working again?
Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Sittn86]

Check the connections between the S/D sensor & the cluster. It could be that the odometer is broken, but it is still somewhat together. It's probably the latter.

 

[ke6960]

isnt there a little plastic gear inside that the teeth get broken off???

 

[Sittn86]

The sensor or the odometer? They both do. I was thinking that, too, but I don't know if the sensor still had the nylon gear in '88. They used to sell the gear for the odometer, but I doubt it's available anymore.

 

[charger R/T]

if the speedo works the gear for the odometer is probablt broke
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