stop spinning the wheels
"docsavage" <ptisan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> My '92 740 Turbo wagon has a speedometer that has begun to jump from
> zero to thirty while idling, and when driving it will drop to zero and
> jump up to thirty and back.
>
> The wagon has another ailment at the same time, when accelerating and
> it feels the wagon should shift, it backs off, as if you got off the
> gas, or a governor clicked in.
>
> Whether or not these two things are related or give a clue to the
> problems of each I don't know, but it they both are existing at the
> same time.
>
> Any ideas?
>

In article <48cf9096$0$28215$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> , John
Robertson <johnnr@optusnet.com.au> writes
>"docsavage" <ptisan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:0cb3cc74-e056-4863-81a7-f283f1b28154@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
>> My '92 740 Turbo wagon has a speedometer that has begun to jump from
>> zero to thirty while idling, and when driving it will drop to zero and
>> jump up to thirty and back.
>>
>> The wagon has another ailment at the same time, when accelerating and
>> it feels the wagon should shift, it backs off, as if you got off the
>> gas, or a governor clicked in.
>>
>> Whether or not these two things are related or give a clue to the
>> problems of each I don't know, but it they both are existing at the
>> same time.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>stop spinning the wheels

And remove the chain attached to that lamp post.
--
Roger Hunt