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Old Aug 13, 2018 | 09:01 PM
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the last few days my speedo has started jumping around, when i am at 100kmh the speedo is bouncing from 100-180 any common issues?
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Old Aug 14, 2018 | 11:47 AM
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Taking a guess here, but have you checked your speedo cable? maybe its getting stuck somewhere in the cable
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Old Aug 14, 2018 | 12:12 PM
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i am gonna be going under the jeep thursday, but apparently my starting system wants attention first though
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yep, when one things starts to act up... others start to come up... i know the feeling
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yep, when one things starts to act up... others start to come up... i know the feeling
i am starting to have a feeling that will be a common thing with the two xj's that my wife and i have!
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Taking a guess here, but have you checked your speedo cable? maybe its getting stuck somewhere in the cable
I don't have a cable its an electric speedo, but i did find the wires touching the exhaust.
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are they bare metal? you might have found your problem
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it was the connector for the speed sensor, the PO broke the clip for the sensor and never properly secured it. So I zip tied it in place and it works now, also re routed the wires. Thanks all for your help!
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good to hear man!!! take care
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