I had one that made a loud "fan" sound, it was in the cluster not the cable. In the end it was the grease on the gears in the odo/speedo assembly. I took it apart, cleaned it out, put thick sewing machine oil on it, put it back together. Running fine two years on.
Best, -Tim On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > Yeah that's probably the cable, it might be kinked or something? > > --R > > On 5/18/2011 12:10 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote: >> >> I get a jackhammer-like noise somewhere in the instrument cluster area at >> speed. The speedo cable is only a couple years old, although I did >> replace >> the transmission. Could this be the problem?? Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks, >> >> 1983 300TD with 1985 transmission >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Rich Thomas< >> richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: >> >>> They just quit odometering or speedoing. The glue fix might work, or >>> maybe >>> the driven gear(s) is broken. Having not actually torn into one I only >>> know >>> the symptoms, others have either glued the gear back to the shaft or >>> replaced it as reported in these chronicles. >>> >>> --R >>> >>> >>> On 5/18/2011 11:37 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Rich Thomas >>>> <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> --R (who needs to do this job on about 4 clusters) >>>>> >>>>> What are the symptoms? As far as I know I've never had a problem >>>> >>>> with the speedo or odometer in any of my Benzes other than the jittery >>>> needle caused by a cable needing to be lubed. >>>> >>>> Alex >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
