boondocks

Well... My 96 Accord has the dreaded speedometer problem. Sometimes it
works, sometimes it sits at 30 km/h. If I bang on the dash and flick the
trip odometer button a couple times it starts working again. I took the
cluster out of the car, and checked the circuit boards for cold solder
joints. Re-soldered a few... The speedometer movement itself is a smooth as
glass. I could gently blow on the needle and it would travel very well..
Anyway, I put the damn thing back together, and it is still doing the same
thing. I didn't actually take the speedometer itself apart as I am sure it
is a sensitive device.... At first I thought it was my signal generator at
the transaxle, but the bang/flick thing rules that out. It has something to
do with the cluster itself.. (I think)

Does anyone out there in Honda land know how to fix this? I REALLY don't
want to spend 350.00 on a new cluster with a car that has around 275000km on
it.

I have read that this is a known problem, but I can't seem to find any
solution other than replacing the whole cluster. I like to fix before I
replace. (Because I am poor...)

Thanks,
BD

RM

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> it.
>
> I have read that this is a known problem, but I can't seem to find any
> solution other than replacing the whole cluster. I like to fix before I
> replace. (Because I am poor...)
>
> Thanks,
> BD
>
>

Ebay, lots of clusters fairly cheap.