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Old July 23rd 05, 10:55 PM
Johnny Dahlmo
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Default Speedometer faulty

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.


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Old July 23rd 05, 11:12 PM
Kyle and Lori Greene
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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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Old July 24th 05, 10:33 AM
Johnny Dahlmo
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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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Old July 24th 05, 10:53 AM
John Burns
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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.

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Old July 24th 05, 11:49 AM
Tbird-Steve
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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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Old July 24th 05, 11:15 PM
Johnny Dahlmo
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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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