> pws" <pwshelton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Christopher Muto wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> I hear a rubbing that seems to be coming from the instrument panel. It
>> changes with the car speed, not the engine speed. My thought was that
it
>> could be a speedometer cable gone bad but the speedometer registers
>> smoothly and I would think that if the cable was faulty then the
>> speedometer needle would vibrate in tandem with the noise. I welcome
>> anyone's thought on what the noise might be.
>> Many thanks.
>> 95 BBB
>
> The speedometer/odometer and the cable that drives them are the only
> mechanical parts in the instrument panel that are likely be audibly
> affected by car speed versus engine speed, so that is a good guess.
>
> The speedometer cable that I had go out was making noise at the
> transmission from the gears being worn, but your's could have developed
a
> bad hookup to the back of the instrument cluster.
>
> It does seem like it would affect your speedometer, but maybe that comes
> later. :-/
>
> How bad is the noise, and is it affected at all by coasting the car
versus
> keeping it under power?
>
> I would disconnect the speedometer cable at the transmission and zip-tie
> it out of the way. I don't remember if you have an auto or a 5-speed but
> it is easy to do on the 5-speed, not sure about an automatic.
> If the sounds goes away, you have identified the source.
>
> Finally, have you checked the plastic instrument surround hood to make
> sure it is fully secured?
> Losing one small & brittle plastic clip turns that part into a
> noise-maker.
>
> Pat
Pat, Thanks for your reply. It is an auto and the sounds remians when
coasting in nutral... not sure why Ihad even done that but couldn't
conclude
anything from it. The instrument surround does ocassionally make annoying
little noises, but usually only in the cold, and nothing as constant as
this
mild drowning. Disconnecting the spedometer cable from the tranny end
sounds like a smart idea in troubleshooting this. Thanks for the tip!
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