well my odometer has been working for about 500 miles now... kind of surprising since it stopped working about 5 years ago now that i post something about it i am sure it will stop working again just thought i would share my joy

now, you know talking about good luck causes it to stop right?
it will stop again. or it's not working fully, and your working odometer could be counting slowly...
so pull it apart and fix it.
no big deal, easy, and free to do...

Trust me, it doesnot and cannot fix itself! What I believe happens is that once it starts to 'slip' it will continue to do so until the seasonal tempurature change. Since different metals expand and contract at different rates and there ar different metals used it WILL slip again then grab. I'd relate to you the DC-10 aluminum 30' seat tracks and the 'toolsteel' tool to install them , but my typing speed prohibits the full story.

Bernie

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1982 240D 313,000 (4 speed)
1984 300CD 172,483
1985 German Shepherd Dog -Lacey- R.I.P.11/04/05

Hood Stars, Wrist Crowns and Obsession Dobs

Just fix it... as I should do myself.

Mine only works when it's below 50 degrees inside the car...

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05 E320 CDI
99 SL500
02 530i

82 240D SOLD
83 240D Euro 4spd SOLD
86 300D Euro Auto SOLD

I dunno... husband fixed mine, it ran for a few hundred miles or so, and then quit again. At exactly 168000 which makes me wonder...

(and no, that's not the true mileage by a long shot....)

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1987 300TD Turbo Wagon "Ti Blanc Stella!"
Carpe cervisium.
"If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell." -- William Tecumseh Sherman

what'd he use to fix it?
pliers or loctite green?

Neither... epoxy on the end of the shaft. It was a small drop and likely not enough.

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1987 300TD Turbo Wagon "Ti Blanc Stella!"
Carpe cervisium.
"If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell." -- William Tecumseh Sherman

yeah. epoxy can't fix it.
all you need to do is push the shaft out a bit, pinch the shaft where the gear rides, and press it back together. permanent fix.

thanks!

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1987 300TD Turbo Wagon "Ti Blanc Stella!"
Carpe cervisium.
"If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell." -- William Tecumseh Sherman