My speedometer has gone wacky
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My speedometer has gone wacky
1993 4.0L a few days ago my speedometer (not digital) went wacky. It spins randomly and stalls at either the top or bottom end also the digital odometer flashes on and off at the same time. Then the van surges forward or back as if reacting to cruise control. At the same time the radio will either go off or more likely go to 600 AM. Any clues as to whats going on? I'm baffled
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Pardall, the same thing happened to me. Like yours, it was just a fuse. It freaked me out, never saw a vehicle do that before. I thought it was toast.
I put in a breaker, so I'll never have to replace that fuse again.
I put in a breaker, so I'll never have to replace that fuse again.
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I can't remember now, but I just got one off the rack where they had the fuses. Might be Buss. One of the "universal fit" where you can break off the tabs on the contacts depending how deep your fusebox is. Whoever came up with that idea for using breakers in place of the plugin fuses needs to be thanked many times over.
I had a Geo once that kept blowing tailight fuses, and we couldn't find the short. I replaced the fuse with a breaker and never had any more trouble with it.
I had a Geo once that kept blowing tailight fuses, and we couldn't find the short. I replaced the fuse with a breaker and never had any more trouble with it.
