97 Ram Van 250 speedometer question
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Hi Y'all, I just joined the group as I've picked up a 97 ram van 2500 conversion (mild) with a V6 and an auto trans. The speedometer always says that I'm going about 10 percent faster than I really am, and the odometer is also off, showing that I've traveled about 10 percent further than I have. I havn't had a chance to pick up a book yet, the van had bashed in rear doors when I bought it and I've been concentrating on fixing those. Anyhow, can someone tell me whether or not I can change the pinion to the speedometer cable, and, does it even have a cable? Thanks in advance, Tracka96
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Who says the car's speedometer isn't off a bit? To check mine I usually look for those radar signs the police like to put on the side of the road every now and then. Occasionally, I have also stopped and asked a local PD officer that was shooting radar if he would allow me to drive past him at a steady speed and have him note my speed on his gun. I've never had one say no.
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my 94 ram van is a mark 3 version and the speedo/odo does not work at all. is there really a sensor on the rear differential? thanks for the info. i will look. i am an old mopar man and have not had knoledge of this newer electronic world. pulled the unit off my working 93 cargo van and still have no speedometer/odo. is there a fuse that may be blown? i even changed the cluster to see if that helped. no. ??
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I think you can answer that question better than any of us. Just take a look under there and see if you see a sensor on top of the differential.
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