-I have a similar situation:

Speedo and Odo do not work. I pulled the instrument cluster, and then pulled the speedo specifically. When I rotate the gauge in my hand, the needle moves freely. Next, on the side, you can move a couple of the small gears on the Odo. I could fairly easily spin up 4 miles on it.

So, it looks like this is in the sensor?

-I will try the screwdriver/pickup test. -But where is the pickup located? (This stuff is NOT in your typical shop manual... they don't even give info on the tach/speedo, and most of the stuff condescendingly tells you that it "can only be done by a mechanic's shop" -To which I say, in the immortal words of Sherman T. Potter:

Horse-hockey...

-Also, as I am an admitted newbie here, can someone point me to any locations that have good info on any mods that are done typically to these cars? (I had a different Daimler product DSM-Talon/Laser/Eclipse-which had a ton of known mods... I suspect that there are at least a few "improvements" that have been figured out...

Thanks-and may your tires have many miles yet on them...