speedo tick

[jerryasi]

Speedo seems to work fine with a slight tick, problem that the odo/trip odo does not measure any movement, used car salesman delight.

[John76]

Ouch!

Ya don't want a tick in your speedos  ?

[PaulTWinterton]

Ticking is the first sign of speedo failure,  IIRC.

 

It might be some interference in the odometer path.  

 

Lots of info in previous threads.  Good luck. 

[Oldtimerfahrer]

Mines been working intermittently for years, waiting for it to completely stop counting before fixing something I don't need...

A.

[Mike Self]

If the speedo is ticking and the odometer isn't working, the ticking you hear is a odometer drive gear that's probably loose on its shaft (where it should be fixed) and making contact with another gear that's turning properly.  If you like to tinker, you can take the speedometer head out of the cluster (check archives for how to if you've not done it before) and find the loose gear.  The proper fix is to replace the gear as it's probably cracked or even broken.  Got to odometergears.com to buy an improved gear that won't crack, and instructions on how to install.  

 

Or you can send your speedometer assy to one of several places who can rebuild/repair it (again, check archives for specific places.)

 

mike