1988 XJ
 

I am new to this forum,but i have owned jeeps on and off, but never modified them untill this one, tonight i bought a 1988 laredo with 106k on it , however the speedo motor is gone bad, does this mean the odometer also is shot? if it is im not going to be mad, since the title they gave me said that in 07 the car had 71k miles. and i got it for a steal ( 1100 ) nothing wrong with it, and no rust for the moment , i will post pics tomorrow in the daylight . what do you guys think?

It dosent sound to bad, but what options came with it? And its a possibility that the odometer went bad to but i highly doubt it, how long ago did it go? And an easy way to tell is to take it for a ride for a couple miles, if the odo turns it works

the ODO and the speedo are gone, i started taking
 

the ODO and the speedo are gone, i started taking out the cluster out, took of all the screws and the cluster is loose but i cant pull it out , i know its connected but it gives me no room to figure out what needs to be unplugged... any suggestions ?

heres a pic of the jeep, also this is the speedo thats the previous owner told me i needed to put in and replace the old one, where does that go in the cluster ? also i read that i need to check the connection for the speedo cable that goes to the Tcase, is that it in the last dark picture?

The speedo gear goes in the TCase you can almost see it in the last pic.

If you check the connections for the spedo cable make sure nothing on the inside is corroded in any way or has any build up in it, if it does just clean it out and that should do it after you put in the spedo and check to see if it works, if not then check all your connections and make sure there connected properly and dont cut any wires, and check your grounds if there still messed up and most importantly, your fuses, itd suck to go through all this and it wind up being a fuse.

ok so i woke up today to end this speedo thing now that i know where the gear goes, thinking it was going to be simple, then i get under there and i find that there is no housing like what i saw in write ups online and my setup doesnt seem to have the wiring it looked like one cable ... here are a few pics of what i think im missing and what mine looks like... and in the second picture are what holds the housing in but it as if they are holding nothing? anyone knows what is going on? where should my speedo gear go?

ok so forget that last post, i was able to pull out the cable and the housing was inside, there was an orange colored 35 tooth speedo gear , i put the one i have in there which is a 34 tooth one, went for a test drive , still nothing , what do you guys think?

Is the cable in good shape?

i havent checked what is the best way to check it, do i take that rusted nut you see in the picture off?

Look for any cuts or tears in the line or if any rust or grease has gotton into it, that can all screw up readings for the spedo

check the speedo cable where it attaches to the back of the speedometer if it is slightly disconnected it wont read.

finally today i got to get the speedo fixed, the cable was not connected properly like you guys said , i also changed diff. fluids and motor oil, i realized smoke was coming off of the intake manifold where there is some oil and gasoline mixed, turns out an injector is leaking?! im getting the seals for it tomorrow and gonna try and fix it, how serious is that is it gonna catch on fire? OH and i scored 4 black daytona steel wheels for 60!

today i replaced the O-rings on all injectors and cleaned the injectors up real good. i also decided to take the rear carpet out and check out the rust situation... it was pretty nice underneath only surface rust, i sanded that down and herculined it , i will do a second coat tomorrow. here are some pictures, and the wheels i got i probably wont get tires for before i lift it.

i realized something right after taking the carpet out,i turned the key to go throw that moldy thing at the dump , and the car gets ready to turn on but nothing happens not a noise, i did that about three times , then fired up right away, kinda weird not a single noise.