[Supras] Speedometer problem

[b2nice84 at aol.com]

I had the speed jump up and down then not work at all, but did not hear anything.? I have a 91 Turbo 5 speed and have had to replace the bottom cable.? The key point going into the worm gear that enters the trans broke from the cable.? It is a short run about 12 inch and is about $14.00 at toyota new.? You may want to try that first before changing the entire cable. 
Easy and cheap fix if it is the problem and wont hurt to change anyway for peice of mind.

Brandon


-----Original Message-----
From: JAMES <bogunter at mindspring.com>
To: supras at supras.com
Sent: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 5:32 pm
Subject: [Supras] Speedometer problem



   When the temp is very cold my speedometer will make a loud violent screeching
  sound and the needle will jump up to the 150mph area. It will do this for 
about 30
  seconds and the noise goes away and the needle comes down to the correct mph.
  It done it this morning and it did not stop untill I got to where I was going. 
(5 min.drive)
  And later in the day when I drove it again the speedometer did not work at 
all.
  Has anybody seen this happen before? Is it the meter or the cable? 
   My 89 turbo has over 240000 miles on it. I noticed that the cruise control 
does
  not work without the speedometer working. Any suggestion or tips would be 
appreciated.
   I probably could find another meter but I was hoping to see 300000 on this 
one someday.
   My Supra had about 150000 on it  when I got it.
                                                      Thanks,
                                                                   James           

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