> List:
>
> This is *very* OT, and I apologize, but I'm puzzled, and perhaps
> someone can answer this.
>
> My speedometer/odometer suddenly stopped working yesterday, and
> just as suddenly, about 10 miles later started working normally
> again.
>
> If it is, as I've always thought, a strictly mechanical matter, I
> don't understand how that could happen.
>
> The speedometer has been noisy for the last two years or so. I
> went so far as to buy some lubricant, but crawling under the
> dash, couldn't figure out any way to get at the cable. Gave up
> on that and just lived with the noise, figuring i'd take it to a
> GM dealer for repair when it finally gave out.
>
> The car has "cruise control", and I thought that might use an
> independent speed input than the speedometer. Apparently not,
> because, during that period of outage, it wouldn't work either.
> It now does, again
>
> The noise also seems to have gone away.
>
> Can anyone explain how this could happen. A broken cable
> certainly can't repair itself.
>
> Dave
> '68 1600
> Kailua-Kona
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