Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!wales 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 Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.6311 Posted: Sat Jul 13 16:59:32 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 21:16:27 EDT Reply-To: wales@ucla-cs.UUCP (Rich Wales) Distribution: net Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 29 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.) -- Rich Wales // UCLA Computer Science Department // +1 213-825-5683 3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, California 90024 // USA ARPA: wales@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA -or- wales@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU UUCP: ...!(ihnp4,ucbvax)!ucla-cs!wales