Jumping speedo needle

[Warren Mohler]

17 minutes ago, cruiser54 said:

they didn't. It was a good car....for a year.

 

Remember burping the cooling system!! We welded a funnel to a coolant cap just to avoid the aggravation repeatedly. 1.4 was a good engine. But they mounted the water pump up real high and when the level dropped in the cooling system, they cooked. 

Renault cooling systems!!!! horrible bleed screws, high pumps, stats in the hose, blown head gskts. cyl. liners that would pull lose if you lifted the head off glad I wasn't flat rate then

[mjeff87]

I used anti-seize on mine.  It was a hot mess (a little bit of it goes a LONG way), but that worked for me.

 

Also, the cable is held by a small metal connector that attaches to the top rear UCA bolt (or somewhere close to that area).  Check to see that it's tight (or not missing).  If it's not secured there, the whole cable/housing will slap around underneath and cause jumping.  Your mechanic might not have reattached it there, or it could be loose.

 

 

[Eagle]

On 10/29/2019 at 11:02 AM, mjeff87 said:

I used anti-seize on mine.  It was a hot mess (a little bit of it goes a LONG way), but that worked for me.

 

Also, the cable is held by a small metal connector that attaches to the top rear UCA bolt (or somewhere close to that area).  Check to see that it's tight (or not missing).  If it's not secured there, the whole cable/housing will slap around underneath and cause jumping.  Your mechanic might not have reattached it there, or it could be loose.

 

 

Don't use anti-seize! It is NOT a lubricant. And, yes, there is a story that explains how I learned that rather painful lesson -- and it was a lot more expensive than a speedometer cable.

[Manche757]

4 hours ago, Eagle said:

 

Don't use anti-seize! It is NOT a lubricant. And, yes, there is a story that explains how I learned that rather painful lesson -- and it was a lot more expensive than a speedometer cable.

Lesson learned in the school of hard knocks. Spill the beans. What happened?

[Eagle]

27 minutes ago, Manche757 said:

Lesson learned in the school of hard knocks. Spill the beans. What happened?

 

My ex-wife and I had a dryer that started making noise. I bought a new bearing unit (that the drum rolls on) and installed it. Not wanting to do it again, I made certain to lubricate the new bearing unit. I used (and still use) Never Seez on all nuts and bolts when working on a vehicle, so I figured Never Seez was the miracle lube, and I used that.

 

The new bearing unit ate itself within two weeks. Next time around I used what I should have used: moly chassis grease. Anti-seize has flakes of metal (usually aluminum, sometimes copper if you buy the high-priced spread) in it, and they are abrasive. The stuff is not intended to be used on things that move in use, and it should not be used on things that move in use because it's an abrasive.

 

[Manche757]

Cable re-lubed. Some lube found its way into the spedo.  Cable secured so it would not jump around.  Prior to that the newly cable installed would jump back and forth 10 miles across the spedo; at both low and high speeds.  After the suggestions were followed,  the new cable would quiver slightly and that disappeared after about 10 miles or so of driving.  Thanks CC.

[JMO413]

5 minutes ago, Manche757 said:

Cable re-lubed. Some lube found its way into the spedo.  Cable secured so it would not jump around.  Prior to that the newly cable installed would jump back and forth 10 miles across the spedo; at both low and high speeds.  After the suggestions were followed,  the new cable would quiver slightly and that disappeared after about 10 miles or so of driving.  Thanks CC.

What did you end up using to lube it?

[Manche757]

Speedo stopped working.  Don't know why yet.  Thought this would have been an easy fix.

[Manche757]

Cable came loose. Works great now. No jumping at all. 

On 11/2/2019 at 11:46 AM, JMO413 said:

What did you end up using to lube it?

Lithium

[JMO413]

3 hours ago, Manche757 said:

Cable came loose. Works great now. No jumping at all. 

Lithium

Awesome that's what I was planning on using. Now I just need to do it.