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    My odometer stopped turning.

    I just noticed my odometer hasn't been working. I think it stopped a couple of months ago when I hurt the tranny. I could have happened when I had the heater core replaced earlier this year. (I never really keep track of the mileage. It reads "83337").

    What's usually the reason why the odometer stops turning?


    '90 Mercury Grand Marquis GS
    Baseline 5.0L numbers totally stock, 123 rwhp, 239 rwtq
    5.4L swap coming soon.
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    #2
    Yours would have the electric motor in the speedo assembly to run the odometer. Usually the plastic gears break and it stops working. There is some company that makes brass ones, but I've heard other people have just used superglue to stick the old gears back together.
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    I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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      #3
      Yeah, that's pretty common on the 90-91 boxes. You could always just replace the cluster with a Ford 140mph one. :evil:
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        #4
        The brass gears are like 65 bucks, or they were a couple years ago.
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          #5
          Damn Ford with their stupid plastic gears in everything. Plastic TV cable bushing, plastic gears in the doors for the windows. Plastic gears in the odometer.

          Anyone know how much a shop charges the replace those odo gears?


          '90 Mercury Grand Marquis GS
          Baseline 5.0L numbers totally stock, 123 rwhp, 239 rwtq
          5.4L swap coming soon.

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            #6
            They're gonna look at you like
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              #7
              Not worth it! go get a 140 unit it's a better way to spend 65 bucks! hey wait a tic??? will that fit into a grand?????
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                #8
                '90-'91, yea they swap no problem. '79-'89 you gotta change dash trim.
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                  #9
                  My odom.'s stopped too (91 crown vic, 140 mph speedo) haven't pulled aything apart yet. What do I need to look for/ do? Thanks in adv.


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                    #10
                    Originally posted by BoxMan
                    They're gonna look at you like
                    There's an interior shop a few miles away. I'll get a price from them. I'll also try to find a 140 mph speedo. I'd really like everything on my car to work. I hate when you ride in someone else's car and the power seat is broken or the window won't go down or the car has ripped seats. I want everything on my car to work.


                    '90 Mercury Grand Marquis GS
                    Baseline 5.0L numbers totally stock, 123 rwhp, 239 rwtq
                    5.4L swap coming soon.

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                      #11
                      Search for brass gears on CVN, there might still be a topic about them there. That's about all you're gonna get NEW.
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                        #12
                        Once you've got the gear and the cluster is out of the dash, their is some surgery involved no? Would I be better off just replacing the cluster?


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                          #13
                          heck yeah if you can find one. Unless you like fooling with itty bitty parts
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                            #14
                            Thats what I thought.


                            1991 Crown Victoria LTD, Puff the Magik Dragon

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                              #15
                              I need a black 140 MPH speedo for a '90-'91 Box. Anyone have one for sale?


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                              Baseline 5.0L numbers totally stock, 123 rwhp, 239 rwtq
                              5.4L swap coming soon.

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