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2014-01-30 22:31:22
#11
Ahhh, GEAR OIL, not trans fluid. well some people call it the same thing. well u know what I mean. ha
2014-01-30 22:44:19
#12
@speedricer u need to leave this poor guy alone..
2014-01-31 01:11:45
#13
Originally Posted by NSMO240
I would rather not do that, its my cousins car and im just fixing the issue if i could with as little bit as possible, so i was just checking my options, ill have to pull the speedo out and see if the gear is spinning from the trans or if the gear is messed up in there, since the trans is kind of junk anyways


I'd check the connection at the back of the cluster, then the cable itself, then the cluster in that order. I had a similar experience in my black '92 SE-R and it was the connection at the back of the cluster.

But under no circumstances would I swap out the best ('91-'92) B13 cluster for anything else. Cable driven or not, anything else is a downgrade IMHO, especially that digital NX crap.
2014-01-31 02:59:56
#14
Originally Posted by lynchfourtwenty
@speedricer u need to leave this poor guy alone..


Huh? Who? I dont even know what you're talking about lol
2014-01-31 04:33:39
#15
2014-01-31 04:49:09
#16
Originally Posted by Bubs
When my '91 SE-R lost its speedometer function last year, I looked under the hood and noticed transmission fluid around where it engages in the speedometer pinion / transmission. Took the cable out of the pinion, reinstalled and tightened it up. It worked for about a half-mile before stopping again. When I got home, I took the cable out again and noticed that the "tooth" that engages the pinion had rounded off. That would be a good thing to check before doing any cluster work - for me it was just a new cable and everything was right as rain.


the working for about a half mile is what mine is doing, but i noticed mine is what it seems like popping out of the back of the gauge cluster, i can reach up from under the dash without pulling the cluster and clip it back in, and after a bit of driving, it will just drop to zero



Originally Posted by Storm88000
OP, does the odometer work? I had to replace my speedo cable and mine stopped working for about a week until I fixed it.


the odomoter and speedo do not work when this happens, the trip odometer actually extremely slowly turns backwards, kind of like christine, oddly enough the car is red also!!

Originally Posted by Bubs
Originally Posted by Storm88000
Ok. something about the way you wrote that it was leaking trans fluid in mind made me think automatic


Ah, gotcha. Thankfully it's not! The gear oil I speak of was seeping out from around the sides of where the cable engages with the transaxle. Not much, but enough to see something was wrong! I thought maybe it had just loosened up, so I tried reinstalling and tightening it on the side of the road and it worked briefly. Drove without a speedometer for a month or two before ordering a new one from NissanPartsZone (great website)

Reference:
B13 SE-R Speedo Cable (03-20-13)



ill have to check it out, thanks!

Originally Posted by SE-RMonkey
Originally Posted by NSMO240
I would rather not do that, its my cousins car and im just fixing the issue if i could with as little bit as possible, so i was just checking my options, ill have to pull the speedo out and see if the gear is spinning from the trans or if the gear is messed up in there, since the trans is kind of junk anyways


I'd check the connection at the back of the cluster, then the cable itself, then the cluster in that order. I had a similar experience in my black '92 SE-R and it was the connection at the back of the cluster.

But under no circumstances would I swap out the best ('91-'92) B13 cluster for anything else. Cable driven or not, anything else is a downgrade IMHO, especially that digital NX crap.


to me i think the 93' NX and 93'-94' SE-R cluster is the best, i like the newer layout, with the electronic speedo and the clock still built in to the cluster. for some reason, when i went from my B13 to a B14, it drove me nuts not to be able to see what time it was directly in front of me.
2014-01-31 07:35:06
#17
That clock was actually given negative reviews for being unneccesary, especially since the radio has a clock too. lol
2014-01-31 12:00:37
#18
Originally Posted by NSMO240
for some reason, when i went from my B13 to a B14, it drove me nuts not to be able to see what time it was directly in front of me.


With my B13 SE-R in a warm garage for the winter and driving a B14 SE-R, I know exactly what you mean! It's such a minor thing, but it did take some getting used to!
2014-01-31 14:42:39
#19
Originally Posted by Storm88000
That clock was actually given negative reviews for being unneccesary, especially since the radio has a clock too. lol


thats ridiculous, i mean, now days, since you change the stock stereo. but now that I think about it, this 92' of my cousins still has the stock stereo, and it doesnt have a clock.

Originally Posted by Bubs
Originally Posted by NSMO240
for some reason, when i went from my B13 to a B14, it drove me nuts not to be able to see what time it was directly in front of me.


With my B13 SE-R in a warm garage for the winter and driving a B14 SE-R, I know exactly what you mean! It's such a minor thing, but it did take some getting used to!


haha, damn minor inconveniences!!!
2014-05-22 01:00:35
#20
been tinkering with this, and i know now its coming out of the speedo gear on the transmission for sure, but the tooth is still there and not rounded. so now my question is, if anyone has had any issue with this is, if i throw some heavy grease in where the keyway and speedo cable meet up, do you think that it will hold the speedo gear in, or no?
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