Eagle Vision Odometer

[Bruce Baxter]

I just picked up a nice '95 Eagle Vision esi for a decent price. The only thing I can really see wrong with it is the odometer doesn't work. The speedo works just fine, so that indicates to me that the drive gear in the transmission is OK and it's likely to be a worn gear in the ODO itself. Can anyone point me at any resources for self repair of such a thing? Where would I get parts? Is it worth my time to do this myself, or is anyone aware of an outfit in the US that would repair it reasonable.

 

[Jim (archive)]

I just picked up a nice '95 Eagle Vision esi for a decent price. The only thing I can really see wrong with it is the odometer doesn't work. The speedo works just fine, so that indicates to me that the drive gear in the transmission is OK and it's likely to be a worn gear in the ODO itself. Can anyone point me at any resources for self repair of such a thing? Where would I get parts? Is it worth my time to do this myself, or is anyone aware of an outfit in the US that would repair it reasonable.

It's not really self-repairable (no parts available that I know of). You need to send it out. I use http://www.powls-speedometer.com/

-jim

 

[Daniel J. Stern]

I just picked up a nice '95 Eagle Vision esi for a decent price. The only thing I can really see wrong with it is the odometer doesn't work. The speedo works just fine, so that indicates to me that the drive gear in the transmission is OK

Olde-tyme thinking. There is no "drive gear in the transmission". The speedo and odo get their signal via the engine control computer (SBEC) which looks at the transmission's output speed sensor, which is wholly electromagnetic and not at all mechanical. There are only wires to the speedo head -- no rotating cable. The odometer itself (at the speedo head) is driven by a stepper motor. The stepper motor can be removed and replaced; go hit your local junkyard or http://www.car-part.com (searchable used auto parts nationwide).

DS

 

[Bruce Baxter]

You're just looking for a flame war, accusing me of 'olde-tyme' thinking. How many of your average car owners even know there's a cable with a drive gear into the transmission on a traditional configuration.

Your comments are helpful though. I'll pursue the stepper motor. It's nice not to worry about squeaky cables. I had one car that would squawk and squeel on cold mornings that drove me nuts.

Do you know what needs to come apart to remove the cluster to test the stepper motor?

 

[Daniel J. Stern]

You're just looking for a flame war, accusing me of 'olde-tyme' thinking.

Er...no, I was not looking for a flame war.

How many of your average car owners even know there's a cable with a drive gear into the transmission on a traditional configuration.

Irrelevant. *YOU* obviously knew that, and I was answering *YOU*.

Your comments are helpful though.

That's what they were intended to be.

Do you know what needs to come apart to remove the cluster to test the stepper motor?

Nope, not on your car, otherwise I would've included it.

DS

 

[Bruce Baxter]

One other question.

Now that I have the car on the road, I've noticed that the Odometer does work JUST a little. It advances about a 10th of a mile every mile traveled. Does this still sound like the work of a stepper motor problem?

 

[Daniel J. Stern]

One other question.

Now that I have the car on the road, I've noticed that the Odometer
does work JUST a little. It advances about a 10th of a mile every
mile traveled. Does this still sound like the work of a stepper motor
problem?
Yep