My trip meter is hard to reset. It does reset, but erratically. Sometimes very easily on the first push, sometimes it's a bastard and takes multiple attempts and lots of foul language. The trip meter is a very good s/h working unit I have serviced when I rebuilt the engine, some four years ago or eight, and used to reset smoothly on the first go.
I guess the erratic behaviour might have something to do with the position of the little cams when I try to reset it (when it doesn't want to reset, I just drive the car a bit and let the meter register another number and then try again and it does eventually work), but there may be something else as well. Now I don't remember if I used any grease on the gears, but I do remember I used a light oil on the drums' shaft. The trip meter works (as in registers all the time, no problem there) so I guess the little lever actuated by the push button doesn't engage the cams correctly in certain positions.
Anyone else had this problem? What was the solution?
I am a bit hesitant to pull the dash out and break some more of the crappy plastics before I know that I can fix the problem.
I guess the erratic behaviour might have something to do with the position of the little cams when I try to reset it (when it doesn't want to reset, I just drive the car a bit and let the meter register another number and then try again and it does eventually work), but there may be something else as well. Now I don't remember if I used any grease on the gears, but I do remember I used a light oil on the drums' shaft. The trip meter works (as in registers all the time, no problem there) so I guess the little lever actuated by the push button doesn't engage the cams correctly in certain positions.
Anyone else had this problem? What was the solution?
I am a bit hesitant to pull the dash out and break some more of the crappy plastics before I know that I can fix the problem.