Anyone else having this issue going downhill?

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Anyone else having this issue going downhill?

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Ahhhh! a self adjusting speedo needle :lol:
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Likely the speedo clutch is gummed up or hair caught on
it or a bearing isn't right.speedo shop time .
There's a inner and outer flywheel where the speedo cable secures, the outer is hooked to the cable the inner is geared to the speedo ,it takes 5-7 turns to peg the speedo, cable turning the outer which kind of grabs the inner magnetically but a piece of debrief or a tiny hornet can build a mud chamber there causing it to lock on to the other flywheel

..better got it fixed a cop could write you up for 160
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Not even off the rear ramp of a C-130
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You ran into a time/speed warp hole...
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Bad ground or O2 Sensor.

It's always one of those...
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Way past 88mph, why U still here?
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Interesting, but there must be a lot more of them bent the other way. Can’t remember how many times someone has told me how they had a roadster back in the day that would easily peg the speedometer🤥
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Lol … Imagine if I had a 5th gear!
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