Hello im new to the boards
anyway I just bought my friends 1992 honda civic lx and the speedo does dont work, thought maybe it was the speed sensor so i changed it out with a new one still not working. When i took the old one out there was some brown sticky stuff on the little key thing, tried turning the key by hand in the tranny but would not turn i'm not sure if I should beable to turn it by hand or not any ideas?

 

same problem with me lol did u ever find out? or still trouble shooting?

 

still trouble shooting lol

 

no speedo.......

no CEL (Check enginoe light) = dead speedometer head.......

with CEL #17 VSS issue, either a bad/dirty connection (99% of the time) or bad sensor.

 

um... the CEL is always on the person that had it befor me changed out the engine and did not hook up the ac no where to put it i guess. there was alot of corrosion on the old speed sensor connector. whats a good way to clean the plug?

 

first, make sure the white plastc shileds are not doubled up.......

but Vinegar and a Q-tip does wonders.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chrisccm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">um... the CEL is always on the person that had it befor me changed out the engine and did not hook up the ac no where to put it i guess. there was alot of corrosion on the old speed sensor connector. whats a good way to clean the plug?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not hooking up the AC won't throw a CEL.

Check your codes, see what codes you're throwing:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1901557

 

ok heres what i got 7 short 2 long 2 short not sure what it means

 

ha! speedo is working now after cleaning up the plug. thanks for all the help

[QUOTE=ok heres what i got 7 short 2 long 2 short not sure what it means/QUOTE] would that be 72?