Had the cluster all apart, everything checked fine, no gears missing, broken, etc., when the odometer gears/numbers are manually turned, the trip meter turns fine.

On the bench it "appeared" to clock/count up with turning the speedo cable, but now with it in the dash and hooked up to the tranny, speedo works fine, but no odometer or trip?

It's still up on blocks, but the tranny output is where the cable is driven and I get plenty of speedo action with engine running and in gear?

Anyone else had this same problem?

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1984 300D Turbo - 4-speed manual conversion, mid-level resto

1983 300D - parts car

1979 300TD Auto - Parts car.

1985 300D Auto - Wrecked/Parts.


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"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there". Lewis Carrol

Have you tried resetting the trip meter ? try jiggling it when you push it in, maybe something got out of alignment in there , good luck.

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Pull it and send it to Steve Brotherton at Contenintal Imports. I THINK for $80.00 to $100.00 bucks they will have it working like new.

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Keith Schuster
2006 E350 98K miles
2013 Ford Explorer 15K miles

Search the posts and you will find that the odometers fail because the gear pressed to the shaft begins to spin on the shaft. You'll find the procedure for fixing it in those posts

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

http://www.mbz.org/info/articles/instruments/ I think this is the one