78 silverado speedometer and odometer not working odometer went first then speedometer a week later is it a fuse

Asked by dave43 Jul 16, 2007 at 04:23 PM about the Chevrolet Silverado 1500

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Sounds like the speedometer cable is disconnected or broken. The 1978 Chevy trucks did not use a fuse for any function of speedometer odometer operation, it was all mechanical.

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