gas gauge? Anyway, I have owned this jeep for the last 6 years, and 100K,
so I don't think anyone tampered with it. I do like the mechanical
explanation of the click and pawl type gear, with the pawl getting stuck
allowing it to run backwards. I will see about getting a replacement.


"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vh91nqkga4i910@corp.supernews.com...
> No trip meter, busted odometer, and a gas guage that doesn't work. That
> sucks ... ;-)
>
> I think you have a mechanical problem with that odometer. It should have,
> among other things, a pawl that keeps it goiing forward. Basically, the
> little motor can apparently run backwards, and the pawl should catch it
and
> make it spin forward. It is an electric motor, and it could get an
> intermittant polarity problem that makes it go backwards, but it should
have
> a mechanical device to prevent this. I hate to say it, but my suspicion is
> that the odometer has been tampered with (set back) and the moron tht did
it
> managed to muck it up.
>
> I had a clock radio once that I opened up for some reason that I can't
> remember anymore. The point is, after I fussed around with it for an hour
or
> so, it never worked right again. It was one of those kind that uses
numbers
> on small flaps, as the motor turned, it would rotate the flaps around and
> around, and the time would change. I somehow got the motor so it could run
> backwards, and time would stand still when this happened. I think you have
a
> variation on the problem I created.
>
> No, I have never worked on your Jeep.
>
>
>

 

Gas guages are notorious for not displaying accurately. Many of us use the
odometer to keep track of fuel consumption. If we get 15 mpg, and can carry
20 gal of gas, tehn we have a 300 mile range. We watch the odometer, and
refill every 250 miles so that we don't have to walk home. Your odometer
spins backwards, making the walk home a very real possibility, assuming the
gas guage doesn't work well. Get it?




"bpn" <bpn@nomailforme.com> wrote in message
news:vhas5obto96q12@corp.supernews.com...
> gas gauge? Anyway, I have owned this jeep for the last 6 years, and 100K,
> so I don't think anyone tampered with it. I do like the mechanical
> explanation of the click and pawl type gear, with the pawl getting stuck
> allowing it to run backwards. I will see about getting a replacement.
>
>
> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:vh91nqkga4i910@corp.supernews.com...
> > No trip meter, busted odometer, and a gas guage that doesn't work. That
> > sucks ... ;-)
> >
> > I think you have a mechanical problem with that odometer. It should
have,
> > among other things, a pawl that keeps it goiing forward. Basically, the
> > little motor can apparently run backwards, and the pawl should catch it
> and
> > make it spin forward. It is an electric motor, and it could get an
> > intermittant polarity problem that makes it go backwards, but it should
> have
> > a mechanical device to prevent this. I hate to say it, but my suspicion
is
> > that the odometer has been tampered with (set back) and the moron tht
did
> it
> > managed to muck it up.
> >
> > I had a clock radio once that I opened up for some reason that I can't
> > remember anymore. The point is, after I fussed around with it for an
hour
> or
> > so, it never worked right again. It was one of those kind that uses
> numbers
> > on small flaps, as the motor turned, it would rotate the flaps around
and
> > around, and the time would change. I somehow got the motor so it could
run
> > backwards, and time would stand still when this happened. I think you
have
> a
> > variation on the problem I created.
> >
> > No, I have never worked on your Jeep.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>