'88 Civic: Speedometer periodically reads way too high

[lainhartrd]

Hi. New to this forum --- great site! My '88 Civic's speedometer has started to periodically read way too high (2-4X); but sometimes it still reads correctly. The odometer still works fine, regardless. As it is cable-driven, is my preliminary assumption correct that this is a mechanical problem (i.e., not electrical)? Any solutions other than replacing the speedometer with a reclaimed one? Thanks! Richard

 

[Civicswag]

its probaly youre speed sensor mines had the same problem did ur lights start to dim ?

 

[lainhartrd]

Reply to CivicSwag RE: speedometer problem

Thanks. But as this is a 1988 Civic with a cable-driven speedometer/odometer, it therefore presumably does NOT have a speed sensor? (Gather that these were first used around 1992 or so?) Richard

 

[R3dline]

the cluster may just be goin bad, if you have a freind or find one cheap, get it and try it out, if thats not it , you know its not the cluster -shrug