1991 Mercury Cougar Speedometer

1991 MERCURY COUGAR
10,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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OFFONE
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The speed part of the speedometer still works. The mileage part has stopped working. Also the trip part. Do I need to replace the complete speedometer or just the cable?
Sep 13, 2010 at 6:58 PM
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BLUELIGHTNIN6
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Does your Cougar have the standard or the electronic instrument cluster?
Sep 13, 2010 at 10:13 PM
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OFFONE
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The instrument cluster is standard analog.

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Norman
Sep 14, 2010 at 8:07 AM
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BLUELIGHTNIN6
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The speedometer and odometer/trip use the same sensor to work, it is the speed sensor mounted on the transmission. I find it hard to believe that this would be the cause here since your speedo is still working. The odometer/trip is inoperative but leaving the speedometer operative , that would point more towards a wiring issue at the back of the cluster assembly or a faulty cluster assembly itself.
Sep 14, 2010 at 5:59 PM
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