Rednaxela

So, after removing this device and re-connecting some wires, my speedometer problem has been "fixed."

Background: Purchased a used 6 speed LS1 with 4.10 gears, no problems, accurate gauges.

Around a year and a half after purchase, speedometer malfunctioned and only displayed a 1/3 of the actual speed. Vehicle speed sensor and instrument cluster had been replaced to no avail.

After looking around the car I found this device under the instrument cluster. I removed it, reconnected some wires, and the speedometer now works. albeit - it runs around 15 mph fast. Do you think a 4.10 gear change and different tire sizing could justify the current speedometer inaccuracy?

Here's the device.







the socket is a standard phone socket. Do you think it was used to hook up to a laptop?

Inside the black sleeve there's a small computer chip.

It seems like this device was a ghetto way of adjusting the speedometer for a gear change? Have you seen anything like this before? I'm getting a good laugh out of it.

1999nbmZ

Bingo. Find a programmer, or someone that can change settings for you, and make the change in the computer. That thing is the 'easy' way to adjust ratios...

SparkyJJO

iTrader: (11)

Can't say I've ever seen one of those before, but it doesn't surprise me that it exists.

Rednaxela

Out of curiosity, can you explain this a bit further? What is it exactly? Do you think it's homemade?

wssix99

iTrader: (5)

It's a "Speedometer Calibrator" and if you google for the term, you'll find a ton of similar-looking devices that come up. Maybe your's went bad? There are probably a few capacitors and resistors on it's board and just blowing one of those could throw its function off.

Rednaxela

Seems so, thanks a lot