I had a 59 chevy in 1979 when I was 16 My first car! I had the spedometer problem as well. I spoke with my local chevy dealer about it. I guess I was lucky. The parts manager was old enough to remember these. He told me there was a service bulliten about this. Seems the plastic worm gear often warped! Living in Florida heat, made it worse. The fix was to replace the worm gear of plastic to a new metal one! I knew that in 1979 that gesr was no longer available, but in my local junkyard there were a few 59 chevies available I went to each one, removes the speedometer and was rewarded that one had the replacement gear! I purchased that spedo and repaired mine. I asked the parts manager if I could get a copy of rhe 59 chevy service bulletin information for future reference. He xeroxed it and I checked this before I did any fixes related to problems. I suggest snyone who wants to work on their car to do so. Today I am sure its posted on the internet somewhere. Guys, you need to know, these cars did have unsnticipated errors, and they did know about it and offer solutions.

Very helpful. I've realised after working through your steps that my odometer is binding too. Thank you

@LowTechGarage

2 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

His patience with this is wonderful to watch. Very thorough video. Thank you

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I remember having a similar problem with mine back in 1990 when I was 16. The spring in mine had become a tangled mess and I never had a chance to make the repair before leaving for the military and losing my old green beauty. BTW, fun video series that you have going here. Thanks for pulling it together.

@LowTechGarage

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Great job . Very helpful . I use the knowledge gained to fix my c3 speedo

@LowTechGarage

23 күн бұрын

Great to hear!

Thanks for the video helped me figure out how to solve my problem on my 1960 bel air, you don’t have to post these videos but you do so thanks brother

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

Thanks for posting the video! I’ve been trying to figure out what’s wrong with my ‘62 Chevy C10 since it’s been bouncing/chirping, and stuck between 95339.9 and 95340.0 for years (hasn’t been driven for almost 20 years). Took it apart today, and it made it one mile before it stopped again. Got a good laugh out of that (while test driving), so pulling it again and continuing the quest. Really do appreciate the level of detail in your video!

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I found that lots of cleaning and re lubricating did the trick.

Thank you for this! I have a 1964 Chevy Corvair Monza convertible with a non-working odometer and a jumping speedometer. I'll almost bet this is exactly what's going on with mine. Thank you for posting this helpful video!

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Let us know how the servicing goes for you! :)

Very informative video. I have a 1962 Chevy Suburban and used this to guide me thru the repair. They are very similar. It eliminated the clicking from the dash board. Thanks.

@LowTechGarage

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

I like to mention there are three color lenses that might get mixed up when putting back together, the two turn signals are green and the high beam indicator on top is red . 39:20 thank you for your post

@LowTechGarage

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this information

@joejoelowrider

7 ай бұрын

@@LowTechGarage my left turn indicator is red now, to lazy to correct it :)

Nice video. I'm going back into my speedo on my car. I had it apart 21 years ago but not since then. This was a good review. I'd forgotten how delicate the paint on the numbers are. Good thing to remember. Thanks for the video.

@LowTechGarage

7 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

Great video. Thank you for the details. Mine had the same problem so hopefully mine will be that simple to fix also!

@LowTechGarage

3 ай бұрын

Good luck!

Thank you for this video! I have a reason to believe that my speedo is causing a really loud whirring sound that is coming from the dash of my 1960 Impala. It's missing the needle and I can't seem to figure out the cause but I have a reason to believe the gears may be super worn and grinding or something. Sound is directly from the dash where the speedo is and not the transmission or steering box. It basically is non existent when I'm idle or going like

@LowTechGarage

5 ай бұрын

You’re welcome. Time to pull the Speedo out and see what’s going on!

@OfficialNintendo

5 ай бұрын

@@LowTechGarage Definitely! Got an extra one for parts off ebay for like $30 so I got the needle finally.

This was really helpful...my speedometer cable broke today on my 56 Merc Montclair. I ordered the parts and living in MN - I'm going to lube with graphite. Wish me luck!

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

Good luck! Hope it helps!

Excellent video, I gave you a much deserved 👍

@LowTechGarage

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Super informative! Thanks

@LowTechGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Nice, going to tackle my speedometer in my 55 Chevy truck. 👍

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

Good luck! We are glad this is useful to you.

Nice work.

@LowTechGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It was well worth the effort!

Thank you for this video ❤

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Gonna have to fix my speedometer on a 57 bel air i just bought. hoping i can just change the cable but we shall see. thanks for the video.

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! I hope it helps

Excellent video. despite your warning, i tried to pop off the needle - bad move. the thin copper shaft broke. (there was a reason i had to take off the 5" disc that faces the driver, but i've forgotten what it was.) if anyone else breaks that shaft, after many hours of attempts I was able to use silver solder to join the 2 ends of it back up. good luck. with everything apart i got the speedometer head to work, but it turns out that the cable was the wrong. I have a 55 Chevy 3600 pickup and the cable end at the transmission has a special notch.

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

Good luck with your project. Glad you were able to reattach the needle!

What type of bulbs are they,.

Maybe they used the same paint for the digits as on my wiper stalks.

@LowTechGarage

2 ай бұрын

Ya never know!

Great tutorial; I hope I never have to use it 😂.

@LowTechGarage

7 ай бұрын

You’ve got this!

Dealing with the same exact issue on the same exact speedo (59 El Camino). BTW what engine do you have in your car? It sounds so smooth!

@LowTechGarage

4 ай бұрын

305! It was originally a 235 L6

I own a 1973 SS Chevy El Camino and its speedometer is offset by roughly 10mph back would the lubrication process work for it or is my issue covered in a different video.

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

I would check to see if you have a different gear ratio in the rear end.

@Mr.JPlays360

Жыл бұрын

@@LowTechGarage Ok thank you

Good job ! Really want to Know in case the belair is beeing towed on neutral , is the miles are still counting ? Thanks !

@LowTechGarage

2 ай бұрын

It won’t count in neutral

@Raycr

19 сағат бұрын

​@@LowTechGarage, anytime the transmission output is turning, the odometer will be counting

Do you take orders for repair? I’ve got a 1976 Chevy Itasca Winnebago and the instrument cluster went haywire when I got my alternator replaced. It’s on a Chevy p30 chasis.They’re on eBay for $500!

@LowTechGarage

2 жыл бұрын

We don’t offer a repair service unfortunately. Hopefully the video is helpful though.

the milage indicator (Odometer drum) is damages couple of teeth are damaged do you know how to repair or replace the part that is damaged 28:42

@LowTechGarage

7 ай бұрын

There is a good chance you can buy a replacement part from a Chevy supplier.

@joejoelowrider

7 ай бұрын

@@LowTechGarage by any chance do you know who has one

It would be nice to see the actual way it is done instead of you telling us what you did.

On old metal everything cars when you find corroded hardware just replace with stainless hardware. You will be happy in the long run.

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

That’s a good tip!

Ryan?

oh yeah, old gauge grease dry's out

@LowTechGarage

Жыл бұрын

Big time!