I swapped the speedo - not change at all. On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Tim C <bb...@crone.us> wrote:
> 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 > _______________________________________ 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
