need help - short time frame

[Kavik]

It's back at my moms house, I just haven't had any time really to look at anything else, and she doesn't want to spring for a new speed sensor without knowing if that's going to be the fix or not 

I know what you mean, but no, she wouldn't have crawled under the dash to look at anything.  And even if she did, I don't think she would've touched anything without asking someone first.



Anyone know where I can find a factory service manual online for this car?  I've only seen for newer ones

[hydrochloric]

No clue on where you might find the service manual, but I got my manuals from rs25.  I'd ask around, or search.  My guess is someone's got PDFs.  Wasn't there a leggy-specific forum, too?

[Kavik]

I managed to find it, got print outs of a few key pages.....just have to see now if I'll have a chance to run through these tests on the wires and sensors

[rshaw123]

Wasn't there a leggy-specific forum, too?

Yeah its LegacyGT.com

[Kavik]

Probably doesn't matter...but here's an update:

With the FSM I was able to narrow it to definitely being the speed sensor at the tranny.  The resistance through the sensor was something like 40-50% higher than where it should have been....all other wiring tested out fine and nothing looked burnt out on the back of the gauge cluster

Didn't have time to get a new sensor, but had her download Torque to her Droid for a GPS speedometer for the drive home 

[hydrochloric]

At least you seem to have figured it out.  The idle speed is still crap, though, no?

[Kavik]

It's still in limp mode so the idle is still low...but smoothed out so it's just a low idle now, not something that wants to stall every time she stops moving....so that's not a huge deal