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Speedometer faulty
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My speedometer stopped working; and at the same time the window wiper stopped working at regular speed mode. (Only intermittant and full speed are now functioning.) I have checked the fuses. My question is: Could these problems be linked together? I hope anyone could advice on how to fix this. |
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"Johnny Dahlmo" > wrote in message ... > Hi > > My speedometer stopped working; and at the same time the window wiper > stopped working at regular speed mode. (Only intermittant and full speed > are now functioning.) > I have checked the fuses. > > My question is: > Could these problems be linked together? > > I hope anyone could advice on how to fix this. > > Beside the obvious since this is a BMW forum, what year and model are you talking about? |
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"Kyle and Lori Greene" > skrev i melding . .. > > "Johnny Dahlmo" > wrote in message > ... >> Hi >> >> My speedometer stopped working; and at the same time the window wiper >> stopped working at regular speed mode. (Only intermittant and full speed >> are now functioning.) >> I have checked the fuses. >> >> My question is: >> Could these problems be linked together? >> >> I hope anyone could advice on how to fix this. >> >> > > Beside the obvious since this is a BMW forum, what year and model are you > talking about? > > > Oops.. '89 BMW 520 (E34) |
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> My speedometer stopped working; and at the same time the window wiper
> stopped working at regular speed mode. (Only intermittant and full speed are > now functioning.) I suspect the connection to the speed sensor on the differential is dodgy. The speed signal is used as an input to the wiper controller. -- Who needs a life when you've got Unix? :-) Email: , John G.Burns B.Eng, Bonny Scotland Web : http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk - The Ultimate BMW Homepage! Need Sun or HP Unix kit? http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/unix.html |
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In normal speed wiper position, they go intermitant when you are stopped (ie
speedo reading less than about 5 mph) so I would say the problems are linked and it is the faulty speedo that is causing it. On E34 it is normally a bad earth in the cluster or nearby cabling (try banging around the dash while driving). If you have to replace the whole cluster, there are two different ones - one speedo goes to 240 (probably yours) and later one goes to 260 kph (or mph equivalent) - they're not interchangable. Steve "Johnny Dahlmo" > wrote in message ... > > "Kyle and Lori Greene" > skrev i melding > . .. >> >> "Johnny Dahlmo" > wrote in message >> ... >>> Hi >>> >>> My speedometer stopped working; and at the same time the window wiper >>> stopped working at regular speed mode. (Only intermittant and full speed >>> are now functioning.) >>> I have checked the fuses. >>> >>> My question is: >>> Could these problems be linked together? >>> >>> I hope anyone could advice on how to fix this. >>> >>> >> >> Beside the obvious since this is a BMW forum, what year and model are you >> talking about? >> >> >> > Oops.. > '89 BMW 520 (E34) > |
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"John Burns" > skrev i melding ... >> My speedometer stopped working; and at the same time the window wiper >> stopped working at regular speed mode. (Only intermittant and full speed >> are >> now functioning.) > > I suspect the connection to the speed sensor on the differential is > dodgy. The speed signal is used as an input to the wiper controller. > > -- > Who needs a life when you've got Unix? :-) > Email: , John G.Burns B.Eng, Bonny Scotland > Web : http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk - The Ultimate BMW Homepage! > Need Sun or HP Unix kit? http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/unix.html Thank You for the tip. Now it works. Both wiper and speedometer. I checked the connectors on the differential and they were bad. I fixed them, and now everything works fine! |
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