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It looks like the mechanic that supposedly fixed the odometer did not do a good job as my mileage counter is not working and neither is the odometer. Any suggestions?

 

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The 20-tooth gear is usually what fails on these. Can he tell you what he replaced in it? Did he use junkyard parts or new? www.odometergears.com has new molded gears that last.

Thanks for the link. I do not know what was used.

 

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Update: A dodge mechanic told me that the "motor" that controls the gears for the odometer is shot. So looks like we will be on another search for whatever part that is.

 

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That would be a new speedometer for your model, I don't know what swaps/interchanges, but the teeth can be pretty simple to the point yeah, they do break under certain conditions. A jumpy speedometer is almost always a cable that needs to be lubricated. Disconnect from the back of the speedometer, pull the center out of the cable, if gunky, clean it up and oil with WD40, graphite oil, something not too heavy, even bike chain oil works well.

Hmmm. Makes me confused as the speedometer works fine but the odometer does not work at all. Supposidly a few years ago, the mechanic put new gears to try to get the odometer to work. Well that did not do it. So I have no idea what mileage I am putting on my car.

 

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He may not have a speedometer cable, not sure what year they switched over.

More likely there is a gear stripped, than the motor failed.

My 88 daytona does not have a speedometer cable.

"He may not have a ..." I am a SHE.

 

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Here are a few pictures I had of these units. The circular metal can at the top is the odometer motor. I never had one of those fail, but if the screws that hold it in place are tightened too much, the motor sometimes won't turn.

Here are a couple of units looking from the top down.

These are the 2 gears that usually break and stop the odometer from turning. The top and bottom of the pod is shown in each picture with a good and bad gear shown.

Wow thanks for posting those pictures! Again I don't know what exactly the mechanic supposedly fixed a few years ago, but obviously it didn't work! Maybe he did screw it on too tight? Who knows. I would have to take apart the entire dashboard to check it out. Never done that before don't know how complicated or involved it would be.

 

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Just ordered the small gear. Thanks...

Nice Shelby