I will try and find time tomorrow to pull mine, clean the connections (they are oil soaked) and check it all out.
speedometer & odometer not working (5 Viewers)
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Any luck? I am having sort of the same issue, speedo, trip, and odo do not work. Cruise Control does work. OD light never flashed.
Had the same issue with my '93.
Replaced the pig tail for the VSS #2 on the xfer case output, purchased from cruiserparts. No difference.
Replaced the #2 VSS with used part from cruiserparts, no difference.
Had mechanic try to fix it while it was in his hands, he replaced VSS #2 with new unit, no difference.
Mechanic swapped in used gauge cluster, no difference.
Figure it is a short somewhere in the wiring somewhere, figure I will work on the wiring when the motor is out (burning oil will be swapped with LS or rebuilt).
Replaced the pig tail for the VSS #2 on the xfer case output, purchased from cruiserparts. No difference.
Replaced the #2 VSS with used part from cruiserparts, no difference.
Had mechanic try to fix it while it was in his hands, he replaced VSS #2 with new unit, no difference.
Mechanic swapped in used gauge cluster, no difference.
Figure it is a short somewhere in the wiring somewhere, figure I will work on the wiring when the motor is out (burning oil will be swapped with LS or rebuilt).
Dirt Ferguson
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I’m guessing my VSS should not loook like this? Looks like it’s missing the connector pin inside. At least I know why my speedometer and odometer aren’t working.
Dirt Ferguson
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Inside the port on the side of the t case, that area has some built up gunk in it, what’s the best material to use to clean it out? Electronics cleaner?
Bump, anybody figure it out?
Recently I had the pictured unit freeze and break the pin....make sure the unit turns freely before replacing the pin(still available from Toyota]
Just something inexpensive to check out. Check your grounds and your positive connection to your alternator. The nut that holds the positive to the alternator had rusted out and I had a very loose connection and was experiencing a periodically dead speedo. Tightened that connection and no more dead speedo.
Yeah thats what I think is wrong with my aswell, im getting a CEL Obd 1 code "42" which is bad VSS. Odo & speedo don't work. Gonna pull it apart & see if the pine is broken.
My speedo had an intermittent fault. I recently discovered a harness connector for the speedo sensor harness that is on the topside of the t-case had disintegrated and was losing connection.
Did 80's in the US have the cable speedo (mechanical) or did they all get the electric speedor? My 3/92 80 has the mechanical version. I have a spare cable (new genuine oldstock) to fit one day as the speedo needle 'chatters' a bit at higher speeds. I would have no idea where to get replacement speedo heads, etc if I ever needed to. So far the odo still counts properly and it's not too far off the first digit becoming a '7' now.
93 & older had a mechanical, 94 & newer had an electrical
Could you please share the part number.
CharlieS
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That's what it looks like to me as well.
