Effyyou

I'm proud to say I'm a first time Jeep owner as of this week. A friend's Dad gave me his 95 Jeep Cherokee Sport ( i know, what an awesome guy!) It didnt start, so all I had to do was fix the distributor.
I brought it to Midas. $350 later that day, I had a car that ran just fine. All my gauges were active and it seemed good as new.
Later that night I go leave my home and as any driver who doesnt have sugar in his brain would do, I put the light on. They came on just fine, but the dash lights were off.
I toggled the dimmer and nothing happened. I banged on the dash. Still, nothing.
I decide to grab a little keychain led and just use that as my dash light for the trip.
As I'm pulling down my road, I realize the speedometer isnt working.

Are these problems related? How can I solve them?
I've read about the speedometers being a problem in most Cherokee sports, but I haven't found enough info on how they're fixed.

Any advice will be great!

Thanks!

Fsher21

Did you at least check for a blown fuse first? The speedometer is a separate issue I think, I would think something is wrong with the gear. Did the speedo work before?

Effyyou

yeah, it had worked when i picked my car up from midas. I noticed that it stopped working later that night.

xjforfishing

I agree that they are seperate problems...according to my 95 manual check #17 fuse on the inside panel (lower right)...I would look and make sure your speedo cable is secure on the tranny as the 1st step for speedo problem

Magiksreal

My spedo stops working from time to time. Just tap it and it will pop back up.

Effyyou

I tried giving the dash a fair share of love taps, but it was useless. I then gave it what would be the equivalent to a dash board getting a stone cold stunner. I'm gonna check out the wire leading to the tranny and check that fuse out. Thanks guys.
I'll keep you posted on the progress.

Effyyou

I'm feeling a like a dingus because I cant find an interior fuse box. Does it exist on this model?

[EDIT] My bad. i got it.