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The speedometer on my 6400 is showing less than the actual speed. Does anyone have any suggestions? I had this problem once before with another vehicle,and took the speedometer apart and put some oil on it. Wrong: After that it registered too much speed, and bounced all over the place.

In addition to not registering the correct speed, the milage gauge is not working. It is registering the milage in 10ths, but the actual miles traveled is not changing.

Has anyone had any experience with a service that rebuilds the units? I know there are people who do this, but I don't like to send anything to someone I never heard of. Most people in the antique auto business are honest, but there are enough crooks out there to make me uneasy about strangers.

Thanks Allen

the low reading can be fixed by taking the needle off carefully and putting it back on at slghtly above 0 if it's just a bit off [like consistently about 5mph low]

the odometer problem is broken plastc tab[s] on the tenths or ones wheel, maybe others - the tenths wheel has a little nerd that hits the ones wheel when it comes around to zero, the ones wheel then trips the tens when it passes zero, and so on - need to replace some or all of the odo wheels

yes there are places that will rebuild yours - check at the bottom of this links page

Bill

It's probably time for a rebuild. There are several speedo shops that advertise in Hemmings. From personal experience I would take it to a shop fairly close to home if there is one.