218LS speedo not working...help troubleshooting

CaptainYARRR

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Can anyone give me a list of places I need to start trouble shooting for my speedo that just up and quit on me?
 

Rocky_Road

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Re: 218LS speedo not working...help troubleshooting

Can anyone give me a list of places I need to start trouble shooting for my speedo that just up and quit on me?

Do you have the Alpha 1 Gen. 2 outdrive?

If so...there is a small hole at the leading edge of the lower unit, that supplies the necessary pressure to move the gauge needle. Look for an obstruction on, or in, this hole.
 

CaptainYARRR

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Re: 218LS speedo not working...help troubleshooting

I have an alpha one, not sure about the gen.

Thanks, I'll check that out. If there's something in, how do you clear it?
 

Rocky_Road

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Re: 218LS speedo not working...help troubleshooting

I have an alpha one, not sure about the gen.

Thanks, I'll check that out. If there's something in, how do you clear it?

Most people use a drill bit slightly smaller than the opening. Turn it by hand very slowly...you don't want to force anything further in, and you do not want to make the hole any larger!

There are other things to look for...but this is usually the first thing that works.
 

Edge180

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Re: 218LS speedo not working...help troubleshooting

Sorry to hijack your post, but how well does your Cayanne pull the boat?

We use our ML430 and it does well. But the wifey loves those Cayannes.
 

CaptainYARRR

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Re: 218LS speedo not working...help troubleshooting

Does a fantastic job. I am very pleased with it for towing. It's no turbo diesel, but for what it is, does great. I couldn't talk my GF in to something bigger, so it's a great compromise.
 

mectlc

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Re: 218LS speedo not working...help troubleshooting

I have a 262 1999 doing the same thing after I cleaned my out drive do can you please tell me where this sensor would be on a Murc cruser out drive ?
 

CaptainYARRR

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Re: 218LS speedo not working...help troubleshooting

It is on the very front of the outdrive, the leading edge of the outdrive. It's a tiny hole about the width of a coffee stirrer.
 
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