VSS Test?
 

So I am sick and tired of the speedometer/odometer in the money pit being non-functional. it is doing the typical bouncing around and staying at either 20 or 40mph all the time. It has a CEL, but the code is P0141 (that should be covered under the extended warranty - that is not my question) and no other codes (I just had them read Tuesday). I am afraid to take it in for the warranty work without the speedo/odo being functional because i fear they will not believe me that the mileage is accurate within a few thousand miles (the car has 122,xxx on it, and the emissions warranty is extended for 150k or 14 years)
The cruise still works flawlessly, so I know it is probably not the VSS as the cruise should not work and I should get a CEL for it. However, before I go ripping out the cluster and shipping it off to be repaired, I want to be certain it is not the VSS. Is there any way I can test it with my VOM?

Hey JimBlake - I have been trying to find theVSS on hondaautomotiveparts.com to get a diagram of exactly where it is (I know it is on the trans-just not sure exactly where), but I can't find it anywhere. Can you offer any help there?

PS - that Honda Service Bulletin 98-081 also calls for replacement of the VSS if it is faulty so I wouldn't even buy a new one if it was bad.

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I would sell you my cluster cheap, but it reads 233k... probably not good for warranty work lol. You could check resistance at the speedo and at the VSS...

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It is likely the speedometer. I attached a pic of the 95 v6 tranny.

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Thanks for the pic! Yeah I am 99% sure its the speedo. But I am a tightwad, so I want to be as close to 100% sure as possible haha.

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This link might help for a vss test.

http://autorepair.about.com/library/faqs/bl112f.htm

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about.com never ceases to amaze me... they have everything on there. it's like the google of "know how"

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Thanks guys