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Re: Speaker affects Speedometer! ('83 900S)
Posted by mike (more from mike) on Fri, 18 May 2001 20:42:26
In Reply to: Speaker affects Speedometer! ('83 900S), Dean, Fri, 18 May 2001 10:17:38
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I've spent XXX man-hours trying to establish same. I had an '88 whose speedo went berserk on me after upgrading the speakers, so I replaced the speedo & moved the speakers to the kneepads, without ever verifying where the damage came from. Then I decided to do the same on my '91 SPG, but put it off for months. Most input from this board was, "not possible to affect speedo with oversize magnet". Anyway, I added tweeters & noticed the magnet on the stock speakers was as friggin' heavy as the ones I added to the '88! So, I took a shot & added midranges that the magnets are same weight but sit lower. So far, so good (6 months later). You can guess I'm not ecstatic with the idea of digging up a 145 mph speedo replacement out of a yard, so - knock on wood.
My 20 year vet Saab mechanic told me that he remembers seeing metal "cups" around the front speakers of some of the early '80's 900's, but I couldn't get a Saab part number to verify that. So, who knows? - maybe there was a problem, maybe they fixed it, maybe they didn't.
One thing I didn't do was to call one of the speedo repair shops & get their opinion. Now that you mention it, maybe I will now. Better safe than sorry.
Good luck.
Posts in this Thread:
- Speaker affects Speedometer! ('83 900S), Dean, Fri, 18 May 2001 10:17:38
- Re: Speaker affects Speedometer! ('83 900S), Bill N, Sat, 19 May 2001 12:59:32
- 2nd try, mike, Fri, 18 May 2001 23:58:43
- Found the old reference to my same question on this, mike, Fri, 18 May 2001 23:56:25
- Re: Speaker affects Speedometer! ('83 900S), mike, Fri, 18 May 2001 20:42:26 <-- Viewing This Message
- Probably not unless.., Richard Miller, Fri, 18 May 2001 10:43:44
- Re: Speaker affects Speedometer! ('83 900S), KeithG, Fri, 18 May 2001 10:32:24
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