This may be a long shot, but if you purchased this vehicle second hand it MAY have the incorrect speedometer. Yes, my son's 1985 300D was wildly inaccurate because it had a replacement 240D speedo!!
On 3/24/06, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Many times in the past i have been able to glue the gear to the shaft. I > used epoxy but there are probably better adhesives available. JB Weld, > gorilla glue etc. Be sure to degrease the gear and shaft first. If you > can roughen up the bonding surfaces with emery cloth that is helpful also. > > At 09:54 AM 3/24/2006, you wrote: > > >On Mar 24, 2006, at 10:05 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: > > > > > How's the odometer? Every time I've called our local speedo shop > > > the _first_ thing they say to check is the odometer. > > > > Non-functional > > > > > Does it track > > > the mile markers? If not, you've got a gearing problem. > > > > This I'm aware of > > > > > If it > > > tracks, then you have a calibration problem within the speedometer > > > itself. 25% is a lot to be off via a gear. > > > > 25% is a lot to be off expecting calibration to remedy. I need > the > >info requested to make an educated guess. If in fact there is a > >difference in rotating speed of the magnet between Euro and US all > >the recalibration in the world would not solve the problem. I'll be > >replacing the odometer gear next week after pulling my IC and > >counting teeth as per odometergears.com's suggestion. > > I can however see how not turning the odometer could create less > >friction allowing the speedo to read high as mine does. > > I'm sure I'll get to the bottom of this. > > > > > > > > -- Jim > > > >Johnny B. > >I Mac Therefore I am > > > >_______________________________________ > >http://www.striplin.net > >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
