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saturday my speedo wasnt working, after driving at 45 mph it stared to bounce 0-20-0 mph, then 0-30-0 mph, then presto it was o.k. well it did this untill lastnight, woulnt work at all after driving some time, and the odometer looked like this -------- . after turning the ignition off and on it startedto work again. NOW today no speedo or odometer, and check eng light! After turning it off then on the odometer works but still no speedo , and now check eng light. 2000 gt dynotuned 3.73 gears dyno adj , and mm sfc welded last friday. any info will help.

 

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the guy at autozone said it's the SPEED OUTPUT SENSOR. is this serviceable or have to be replaced, they do not carry this. where is it on the trany?

 

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the output shaft speed sensor is located on the back of the tranny.

BTW. this time I feel he is right, but DO NOT TAKE A AUTOZONE DIAG AND GO BUY STUFF they are not qualified techs and codes do not tell the whole story.

 

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thank you for your reply. i ran over to the closest place, i was on my lunch break at work. yes sir i never buy anything from that place. just wanted to know if the check eng light was something more serious. should it be replaced, or can it be cleaned?

 

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Replace it. If you'll look back on a thread I made a few weeks ago, I had the same problem (minus the odo not working).

It cost $18 I believe from the part store and they had it in stock

Was on the drive side on the transmission.. pulled right out and popped right back in

 

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d98gt said:

Replace it. If you'll look back on a thread I made a few weeks ago, I had the same problem (minus the odo not working).

It cost $18 I believe from the part store and they had it in stock

Was on the drive side on the transmission.. pulled right out and popped right back in

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I said that he should replace it because in this case I think the autozone guy is right. but many times I have had to rediag cars for customers that had codes scaned by autozone type guys and they tell the customer what it might be and they are wrong a lot. So I give a generic warnin to everybody that scans there codes with them.

Just trust me on this I have been a EEC specailist for a long time. Get the codes from them and don't listen to what they think is wrong. bring your codes and symtoms on here or to a trusted mechanic.

 

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You were the one which suggested the VSS on my car before I even got the code ran

I was just saying that most auto-part stores will have the part in stock

 

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Hey fellas I looked at the search and found nothing? But I know nothing about computers! ALL AND ANY INFO IS VERY HELPFULL ! , this happened at the most worst time. (the girlfriend 's truck was down also) I will get more advice. like i said it was on my lunch- diner break at work, that was the only store to get to in time! belive me that is the last store to buy parts from, or get something diagnoste.

 

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http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=634601 pretty much the same problem and the part fixed it for me

 

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Just replaced the vss and im still having the same problem. any ideas what else it could be?

 

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The code said faulty vss and when replaced it's still faulty? Did you clean the plug and make sure it's firmly on there?

 

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i had pep-boys instal it, i diddent feel like messing with it.

 

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Still having the problem? It won't be hard to check the plug on it if so