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Speedo "ticking" noise
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Wed, 25 May 2005 11:37
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I have the most annoying problem with the car,
The speedo in the car has become noisy, it starts "ticking" from 20km's and progressively gets faster and louder as the speed increases... all the way up to 100km/hr (and no doubt beyond).
Anyone know what would be causing this? .. damn its annoying.
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tallahassee FL usOFa
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May 2002
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Wed, 25 May 2005 20:08
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does the needle also jump/twitch in-sync with the noise?
i'd lube/oil the cable, even if it doesn't
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Location:
Gold Coast, QLD
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April 2004
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Wed, 25 May 2005 23:08
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Yeah I have had a similar problem, a ticking noise from within the dash that I have traced to being the speedo cable. Mine's pretty erratic, some days it ticks and others its quiet. I actually took my instrument cluster out and drove the car around a bit and could definitely see and hear that it was the speedo cable and when I put my finger on it I could feel the clicking too.
I put some spray lube on mine, made a small difference but didn't eliminate the noise. When I do my engine/gearbox swap I'll just get another one and put up with it in the meantime....
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Location:
Melbourne
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October 2004
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Thu, 26 May 2005 00:18
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so if the speedo needle is jumping, are you sayin that it is a speedo cable fault?
cheers
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November 2003
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Thu, 26 May 2005 01:09
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Alencr
Nup the speedo needle does not move around at all ... it still moves smoothly.
matt86sx
Yep my prob sounds very simular to yours , it started out very softly a week or so ago, and last night it was 10x louder.
So should I get some sort of silicon spray and go crazy with it on the cable?
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Gold Coast, QLD
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April 2004
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Thu, 26 May 2005 01:40
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Yeah my needle doesn't jump around either, just the damn ticking sound so it sounds like we have the same problem!
I tried spraying lithium lubricant on mine, but didn't cure it completely. Silicon may or may not do the trick, no idea. I guess the cable itself must have a slight kink or something to cause it to click the way it does.
-Matt
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Melbourne
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March 2003
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Thu, 26 May 2005 01:46
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i had same problem, click the odomoter reset stick, some times they get stuck and it wont kick over
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November 2003
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Thu, 26 May 2005 02:19
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matt86sx
Does the ticking increase (eg faster) as the speedo goes up?
intensevil
Yep tried that but didn't work 
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Gold Coast, QLD
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April 2004
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Thu, 26 May 2005 02:42
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| Driftspec wrote on Thu, 26 May 2005 12:19 |
matt86sx
Does the ticking increase (eg faster) as the speedo goes up?
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Yes, it does - sorry, forgot to mention that earlier. The fact that the ticking became faster/slower with the speed of the car is what made me start investigating the speedo cable.
-Matt
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November 2003
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Gold Coast, QLD
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April 2004
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Thu, 26 May 2005 04:46
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No worries, happy to help! Good luck tracking it down.
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I Supported Toymods
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melbourne.vic.au
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May 2002
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Thu, 26 May 2005 04:54
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I had that happen to my SA63 for many years until the speedo cable snapped... We were told when we bought it that the cable was kinked ... AUD$30 later with another cable... The ticking noise was gone...
Most probably your cable is getting tired. Time for replacement...
*Anyone correct me if I am wrong.
Cheers.
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Thu, 26 May 2005 05:43
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Do Toyota still stock speedo cables for the MA70 does anybody know?
If not alternate source?
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Location:
brisbane
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October 2004
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Thu, 26 May 2005 07:07
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yeah id say the cable was kinked either naturally or from being moved around. id like to know where to get new ones from, i have tried and havent found any places yet.
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne.vic.au
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May 2002
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Fri, 27 May 2005 05:03
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| styler wrote on Thu, 26 May 2005 17:07 |
yeah id say the cable was kinked either naturally or from being moved around. id like to know where to get new ones from, i have tried and havent found any places yet.
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See if you can get one from a wrecked car or a car going to be wrecked. I don't know if the MA70/71 has the same speedo cable as that of the GA70 or JZA70...
For the reasons that you have discussed, I have a spare MA61 speedo cable hanging around as standby which I hopefully don't need to be replace/use...
Cheers.
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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October 2003
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Re: Speedo "ticking" noise
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Fri, 27 May 2005 06:30
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I've just got this with my AE86. Very Annoying. But hardly noticable under the drowning exhaust.
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