[MR2] How common is a jumpy speedo on mk2 mr2s?

felix at crowfix.com felix at crowfix.com
Wed Jun 15 15:41:50 EDT 2011


On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:42:34AM -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

>       They typically become jumpy just before they fail. There are 3 "usual suspects": The speedometer cable, the driven gear
> that sits on top of the tranny, and the band inside the transmission that turns it.

My MkI has been jumpy for 5-10 years, ever since a road trip thru Ely
NV froze it one night and knocked it off, the tranny connector itself
being loose I think, not the gear inside, tho it's been a long time
since I worried about it.  It's still close enough and the odometer
seems accurate enough compared to other vehicles making the same trip.

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