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Old 12-31-2006, 05:59 AM
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Mine has been doing it for years. I replaced the speedo cable and it was no better. I have a new speedo ordered and it should be in this week. As soon as I get it mounted, I'll post back whether that cured it or not.
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Originally Posted by gwhayduke
Mine has been doing it for years. I replaced the speedo cable and it was no better. I have a new speedo ordered and it should be in this week. As soon as I get it mounted, I'll post back whether that cured it or not.
Let us know. The bleating goats need to be quieted.
Old 01-30-2007, 06:28 PM
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Sorry guys, forgot to post back. The new speedo took care of all the problems. Just two negatives:

1) I couldn't get the mileage adjusted on the new one so I had to start all over.
2) The new speedo has an orange needle and my original had a white needle.

But I kept the old speedo so maybe one of these days I can get it repaired and the mileage corrected.
Old 01-30-2007, 10:48 PM
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haha thats NOTHING

let me get a video of mine.....have you seen dumb and dumber? "wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?" ...........IDENTICAL
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Mine started doing this for the first time yesterday when it was -5F on the way to work. But was also weird is that when I was going about 55MPH, the speedo needle was pegged and bouncing off the bottom of the cluster lol. So it was showing I was going over 110MPH. Once things warmed up it went back to normal.

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Old 02-07-2007, 12:00 PM
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that must have scared the hell out of you when it started happening...lol that thing must be so loud
Old 02-08-2007, 05:28 PM
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Wow,that is really loud! Here is a pic of what I used and have never heard that sound again its been maybe 4 yrs now. I pulled the cluster out and sprayed this in the cable housing a few times till it was saturated. Some people have had problems with the actual gauge instead of the cable so keep that in mind.


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nope, dont sound like that...more of a mid frequency howl/hum...maybe I will try to video it and post it here later today...gotta watch the new nascar car race at bristol this morning....i have my priorities! thanks for the reply, though
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Thanks for this post guys!! I was hoping I wasn't imagining things!!

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Old 02-29-2008, 09:48 AM
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Anyone figured out how to lube this speedo cable yet?
Old 02-29-2008, 10:37 AM
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Currently I'm just avoiding the noise by getting everything nice and warm in the dash area.

If I run the defroster as it's warming up before I drive it, its usually warm enough by the time I'm up to speed not to make the bleating goat noise.
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the colder it is, the faster i go (according to the speedo). The noise is pretty awful and the girlfried totally hates it. Just as an idea, is there anyway you can lube it from the non-dash side? And if not, is it a pretty big pain to take out the dash? I guess I could clean those condesation marks off
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