Just for the record, after i "fixed" this it lasted for like 10K before it seized at the next large roll over. After all the work i did on it, i just stopped caring about it. i think its at 269999 now. Cable was still working and could hear it click every tenth mile or so for a few months then it stopped clicking. Recently i discovered that my speedo cable is broken. So that may be the cause, or the ODO stuck again, Or the small gear in the ODO broke. i don't know. I estimate its at about 300K or more now.

I never removed the gauge face. couldnt really access much, did the best i could do and it worked for a while. Guess thats not much help. Best of Luck. i have plans to order a new speedo cable and maybe remove the cluster again in the future once i find a new steeping column.

 

Thanks for the update and its a bummer it stopped working for you again. I hope the cable fixes your issue. I left the plate on as well and was able to remove the pin and pop the whole assembly out. It was so dry and sticky i could barely turn them by hand. I've been greasing everything up and will be putting it together soon. I'll keep you guys updated on how it came out. Hopefully i fixed the issue and not made it worse by breaking my trip meter.

 

Just wanted to give you guys an update and let you know that i put my cluster back together and as of now my odometer is now working again. It's only been around 10 miles that i drove it but i'll take that over nothing. Thanks again for everyone's help and for this thread 1st Gen Crawler

 

Glad to see you got it going! So what did you do exactly?