My speedometers acting up. Sometimes... well, every time I take my car out for a drive, I start it up, I accelerate, the speedometer works for the first minute or two, then it goes back to zero (when I'm still at speed) and it'll fluctuate (it'll go from 0-160) just like little jumps. Then after driving a couple kms it goes back to working again, then it doesn't work again... etc. I don't know what the h3ll's going on. I don't know what else to say, other than it's really starting to **** me off...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Does the odometer keep rolling while the car is moving and the speedometer is at zero?

 

No it doesn't. The whole thing stops... [&:]

 

The picture should help. First check whether the VSS connector is tight.

 

i had a similar issue, if you have a normal DX/Cx cluster without a tach... take this as your queue to get a Ex or Si cluster. that's what fixed it for me

 

Where the h3ll is this in the first place?!? in the engine bay somewhere?

 

I was thinking of doing that, I went to an autowrecker and found a DX 5MT cluster with a tach, but I didn't know how to wire in the tach, so I didn't go ahead with my plans. But I sure would love a tach too.

 

On my 97 Civic, the VSS is very visible sitting on top of the (manual) transmission.

 

Look at the back of the transmission where the CV axles go into it. The VSS is on top of this part. It's kind of behind the engine, near the firewall.

I think the tach wire is in place on all models, you can simply plug an EX cluster in and the tach will work.

 

If that's the case, then when spring time comes I'll get one of those clusters... if an autowrecker has one that is... I have a hard time finding anything newer than a EF.