On Wed, 15 November 2000, "Blaine & Maggie Dumkee" wrote:
> Blaine, my speedometer did the very same thing yours
> is doing. What I was told I could do to fix it was to
> undo the cable from the back of the speedo and then
> pull it through the firewall, and put a few drops of
> 3 in 1 oil in the cable housing. If you can get a
> hold of the end of it and turn it a few times, then
> put a few more drops in it. I did that about a year
> or so ago with mine and it has'nt growled at me
> since! This is just if you can't get the proper
> cable lube, or pull the cable out.
> Rick Warren
> 55 1st series 3100
> White Heath, IL.
> All this talk about speedometers, and guess what? I'm having trouble with my
> speedometer.
>
> When driving it will all of a sudden start making noises, almost a howling
> noise, and the needle fly's up to any where between 40-80+ MPH, at times
> wrapping the speedo back around to 0.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Oh yeah, the truck is a 1959 GMC 1/2 ton. I do have a parts truck with
> another speedo, but it is quite a ways away.
>
> Blaine Dumkee
> 59 GMC 9314
> Fort Smith NT
> Canada
> http://www.chevytrucks.org/users/wayne/blaine59.jpg
>
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