Mint12
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- Location
- Azusa
- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Manual
I recently bought my ranger about a month ago and one of the first things I noticed before buying it was the lack of a speedometer. There were some other small issues but those were solved pretty quickly. I've been looking through threads for a similar problem but nothing seems to be like what I'm experiencing.
The speedo threads I have read state that the needle will fail/work intermittently or will have other electrical issues tied in with the gem module. I have checked the vss ohm reading and it looked to be in spec. I even pulled a couple of them from pick a part to try but it hasn't changed anything. I checked for continuity in the wires from the sensor to the connector under the driver seat inside the frame and that checks out along with the conditions of the pins in the connector. I also bought a cheap data reading scanner and while on the highway I wasn't getting any data from the vss. Could it be a bad gem module?
My odo and speedo aren't something I absolutely need but it would be nice to have. If the parts are costly I might just buy a gps speedometer.
The speedo threads I have read state that the needle will fail/work intermittently or will have other electrical issues tied in with the gem module. I have checked the vss ohm reading and it looked to be in spec. I even pulled a couple of them from pick a part to try but it hasn't changed anything. I checked for continuity in the wires from the sensor to the connector under the driver seat inside the frame and that checks out along with the conditions of the pins in the connector. I also bought a cheap data reading scanner and while on the highway I wasn't getting any data from the vss. Could it be a bad gem module?
My odo and speedo aren't something I absolutely need but it would be nice to have. If the parts are costly I might just buy a gps speedometer.