Great minds - please help. I have a 1984 190d 2.2 5spd that was recently in a minor front end collision (rear-ended a guy going down hill in the rain at about 5mph).

When the car was loaded onto a tow truck (was driveable but hood latch was toast), the drooping speedometer cable was briefly snagged on the bed of the tow truck. In repairing the car (new hood, headlights, grille, radiator, fan, fan belt and fan clutch) I also had the speedometer cable replaced. After paying for 3 hours of labor, the speedometer worked but the odometer didn't.

I took the speedo/odo out and sent it to a fella in GA who previously repaired the speedo/odo on my '86 190d. Prior to installing the new speedo/odo, my clutch slave and/or master went out, so I had the car towed to my shop and got them both replaced. While it was in the shop, the repaired speedo/odometer came in a was installed. When I picked it up from the shop, I very unhappily noticed that now both the speedo and odo where completely dead.

I know the speedometer cable is good and am assuming that the repaired speedo/odo is good. I'm selling the car soon and outside of the money already spent, want these to work so that potential buyers trust the mileage.

Would a faulty speedometer relay prevent the odo from working as well, or is the odo completely mechanically driven by the speedo cable? If it is the latter, what do I replace now?

Yes, no?

I bets your odo came back with a broken connector. I've seen it before.
pull out your cluster and look at the place where the cable attaches. is it nice and neat, or damaged?

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