I wish they'd stayed the same for just a couple more years; would have
simplified my conversion. If I wasn't using my Dak as my daily driver.. I
could just convert the rest of the truck to '93 specs wiring.. including
swapping the A/C over to the '94.
But I missed out on the $1 car at work this morning.. a 1990 Plymouth
Horizon.. Certainly worth the money.. LOL
----- Original Message -----
From: <Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.Com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Speedo question.
>
> That's what I thought. I was having a conversation with someone recently
who
> was looking for a new speedometer gear for his 97 to correct after a gear
and
> tire swap. I was under the impression the speedometers were sensor driven
> after 93 or 94 and the group of people we were with kept saying I was
talking
> out my ass. They all insist it was cable driven until mid 98 and I could
have
> sworn my 96 was electric.
>
> Walt
>
>
> In article <00ba01c64181$ab537d80$dd97c944@aoldsl.net>, awyse@sw.rr.com
("Aaron
> Wyse") writes:
> >
> >
> > I can confirm the 93 & 94 sensing from the tailshaft. I've had to do a
bit
> > of researching on mine after putting a 93 harness into my 94; I've yet
to
> > make the harness alterations to trigger the speedo(I'd rather add wires
than
> > route a cable), and kill the airbag lights.
> > Aaron W
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com>
> > To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:07 AM
> > Subject: Re: DML: Speedo question.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.Com wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone recall what year Dodge switched from a cable driven
> > > > speedometer to an electric one?
> > > >
> > >
> > > The third reply will again be a different answer, I thought it was
from
> > > '95 to '96, along with OBD-I to OBD-II - though I must say that Hop's
> > > mention of '97 being cable driven and '98 being electronic does sound
VERY
> > > familiar. Perhaps Bob Tom could confirm if his '97 is RWSS or cable
> > > driven from the output shaft.
> > >
> > > Though I think there are two questions you could be asking here, and I
> > > think I'm reading the wrong one....
> > >
> > > If I'm not mistaken, Dodge used a mechanical cable driven speedo for a
> > > while, probably halfway through the gen IIs (explaining the mentioned
> > > '93-'94 split, I think it was?) but the sensor/sender stayed in the
tail
> > > shaft until '98 when rear ABS came around and speed sensing was done
via a
> > > tone ring and hall effect RWSS in the rear diff.
> > >
> > > anyone else have any confirmations of anything?
> > >
> > > FWIW my '98 is an electronic RWSS.
> > > --
> > > +-- Mike Maskalans ---------------- Rochester, NY ----------+
> > > | '98 Dakota CC, SAS on 40s '84 RamCharger 4x4, plow truck |
> > > | '02 Jetta TDI 5sp, daily '97 Intrepid, not on the road |
> > > +-------------------- <http://mike.tepidcola.com/trucks/> --+
> > >
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