Paul Scrutton

1996 Explorer Sport 4WD.

I am having an occasional bouncing needle on my speedo, reading below the
speed it is supposed to.

I have had the dashboard cluster out of this vehicle before, and I seem to
recall the speedo having an electrical connection rather than a cable, but
my memory is a lttle fuzzy on this.

Would this be a case of a worn cog someplace, perhaps at the transfer case.
The cog in the transfer case looked pretty good when I checked it 50K or so,
but it is as old as the car is now.

Any thoughts?

Paul

Paul Scrutton

Perhaps unrelated is that cruise control operates in a rather binary fashion
now. In that it will accelerate hard for a couple of seconds, then slow down
hard for a couple of seconds. Repeat this ad-infinitum. Not as smooth as the
cruise used to be. Related????

Paul

"Paul Scrutton" <paul@paulscrutton.com> wrote in message
news:ywj5e.22812$QB6.1872111@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> 1996 Explorer Sport 4WD.
>
> I am having an occasional bouncing needle on my speedo, reading below the
> speed it is supposed to.
>
> I have had the dashboard cluster out of this vehicle before, and I seem to
> recall the speedo having an electrical connection rather than a cable, but
> my memory is a lttle fuzzy on this.
>
> Would this be a case of a worn cog someplace, perhaps at the transfer
> case. The cog in the transfer case looked pretty good when I checked it
> 50K or so, but it is as old as the car is now.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Paul
>