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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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not sure if this is the right section to post this but someone told me the speedo is electrical on my softail. well anyways the speedo doesnt work, i just got the softail in a trade for a boat, it seems to run fine, but no speedometer, can anyone tell me where to start on this problem?
 
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 12:25 PM
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You might have a bad cable or just a dirty sensor.Follow your cable back to the transmission and disconnect. Clean all of the crud off of the sensor and reinstall. If speedo still does not work, I'd say it's a bad cable.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 12:43 PM
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this could really be any number of things including the voltage regulator. I would check to make sure all fuses are good before anything else then I would take 95custmz advice and start with the speed sensor in the top of the tranny working back to the cable if that doesn't resolve your issue. Not sure I would bother cleaning it though on a 99 model and simply replace it.
 
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