odometer stopped working.

[1996DANGERRANGER]

so i was just on a 2.5 hour drive and noticed about half way in that i had been at 189201 for about 20 minutes and my tripmeter doesnt work either. any thoughts? could it be the worm gear in the tail shaft or the cable? i havent had time to inspect casue im at college but i plan to sometime this week

 

[killj0y]

Worm gear I'm sure

 

[killj0y]

Mine went out st 156,000 or so. That was years ago though lol I'm sure I broke 200,000 miles already, kinda pointless fixing mine at this point lol

 

[1996DANGERRANGER]

lol hmm ill have to pull it out and see. but if that was bad wouldnt my speedo not work either?

 

[killj0y]

Nope separate on our year, it's electro-mechanical I believe. everything works on mine except odometer and trip counter.

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/speedometer.htm

http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/Fall2008/odometer_worm_gear.htm

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=247368

http://www.odometergears.com/products/Ford/Ranger+95-03/111

 

[killj0y]

Did those help?

 

[Thed]

I have the same problem right now. I have the little motor and worm gear in my possession but I have no time to do such project.

 

[1996DANGERRANGER]

that helped alot! ill have to find the motor and gear and replace them. are the gears basically the same from 96-01? and also if it makes a difference its a 95 built in november(11-25) and it has the OHV not the SOHC engine

 

[killj0y]

I'm pretty site the teeth matter more, the sites I posted should tell you that. I say because it depends if you want to fix the readings due to larger tires too

 

[1996DANGERRANGER]

there is a thing in the tech library about it but i thought that was just for speed. but the speedometer is about 5 off from what i can tell/ but i thought that worm gear was in the tail shaft.

 

[killj0y]

It might fix both problems hmm, either way the sure you buy then from i'm sure had a listing of what years had what

 

[jwinters]

Replaced the worm and still no odometer love

I too have the same issue. i followed the instructions that someone previously linked to (which were great by the way) and sure enough the worm was broke in half. i pulled everything out and cleaned everything. pressed the new worm on the motor and reassembled everything. only problem is is still isnt working. is there something else i might have missed?