Loud noise behind dash

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Marty

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• Apr 19, 2005

• #1

I have a 1990 4Runner V6 4x4 with 388,000 km. There was a noise behind
the dash that was speed sensitive and very irritating. I had the
speedo cable replaced but I still get the noise and the needle jumping
around mostly in the morning. What else could it be? It took them 3
hrs to change the cable - not cheap! Please help!

 

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Peter D. Hipson

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• Apr 19, 2005

• #2

On 19 Apr 2005 11:09:18 -0700, "Marty" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I have a 1990 4Runner V6 4x4 with 388,000 km. There was a noise behind
>the dash that was speed sensitive and very irritating. I had the
>speedo cable replaced but I still get the noise and the needle jumping
>around mostly in the morning. What else could it be? It took them 3
>hrs to change the cable - not cheap! Please help!

Speedometer may be bad--I've seen them fail like this.

 

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Painless

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• Apr 19, 2005

• #3

"Marty" <[email protected]> schreef in bericht
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>I have a 1990 4Runner V6 4x4 with 388,000 km. There was a noise behind
> the dash that was speed sensitive and very irritating. I had the
> speedo cable replaced but I still get the noise and the needle jumping
> around mostly in the morning. What else could it be? It took them 3
> hrs to change the cable - not cheap! Please help!
>
Might be the aircon ducts that rattle on the bulkhead. But the jumping
needle might implicate that the work hasn't been done too seriously :-(
Here are more suggestions:
http://www.pocuk.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5319&highlight=noise+dashboard

Greetz,
Frank

 

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Marty

Guest

• Apr 20, 2005

• #4

Can I replace only the speedo (or broken parts of it) or do I have to
replace the whole cluster? Is it a big job?

 

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L

Guest

• Apr 20, 2005

• #5

getting to the speedo is a huge PITA

Matt

 

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Peter D. Hipson

Guest

• Apr 20, 2005

• #6

On 19 Apr 2005 20:54:20 -0700, "L" <[email protected]> wrote:

>getting to the speedo is a huge PITA
>
>Matt

Well that settles that: it has to be the speedometer! <g> Try thinking
out of the box, instead of getting to the speedometer, maybe pull the
entire cluster. Often times this is easier than trying one part.

A good shop/body manual is excellent if it covers this--there are so
many things you don't realize... Things like, is there a pushon clip,
or a hidden screw holding a trim piece!

 

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[email protected]

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• Apr 20, 2005

• #7

> Well that settles that: it has to be the speedometer! <g> Try
thinking
> out of the box, instead of getting to the speedometer, maybe pull the
> entire cluster. Often times this is easier than trying one part.

Getting either out is a PITA

 

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Ray O

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• Apr 20, 2005

• #8

"Marty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Can I replace only the speedo (or broken parts of it) or do I have to
> replace the whole cluster? Is it a big job?
>
I forget what kind of vehicle but the speedometer head should be separate
from the rest of the cluster. The head is not user-serviceable so you have
to replace the head.
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Ray O
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