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From: wales@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Rattling odometer in 1984 Honda Accord
Message-ID: <6311@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 16:59:32 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 13 16:59:32 1985
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The speedometer/odometer assembly in my 1984 Honda Accord LX hatchback
(over a year old -- hence out of warranty) seems to have developed an
objectionable rattling sound during the past few weeks.

This sound is fairly slow (about one or two cycles per second); appears
to be directly proportional to the speed of the car; and changed char-
acter (but didn't go away) when I reset the three "service interval"
counters which are incorporated into the speedometer/odometer assembly.
It definitely sounds like it is coming from the speedometer/odometer.

I believe I have eliminated all other possible sources of the rattle,
by securing every wire, cable, and connector in sight under the dash
with plastic cable ties.  I also removed the speedometer cable,
inspecting and lubricating it before replacing it.  None of these
actions have eliminated the rattle in question (though, happily, many
other little annoying rattles have bitten the dust).

Has anyone on the net run into this same problem?  How did you solve it
(if indeed at all)?

Removing/replacing the speedometer/odometer on a 1984 Honda Accord seems
to require removing the dashboard (yecch, yecch, and again, YECCH).  Is
this in fact the case?  If not, how does one do it?  (I have the shop
manual from Honda, but it is incomplete/vague/cryptic in this area.)
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