Speedo with trip odometer?

[Matt69olds]

I don’t normally drive my truck in the winter, but I needed to today. While the engine started instantly in the 8 degree weather, the rest of the truck wasn’t happy!

Problem #1: the blower motor screams when it’s cold. Fortunately, that didn’t last long.

Problem number 2: the speedometer HOWLS when it’s cold. It has always bounced around a little (even after cleaning and lubing the cable) but I have never seen a speedometer react to the cold like this! Before I even made it out of my neighborhood, the speedometer had wrapped itself around past the 85mph, sll the way around to the 35mph point. As the truck/speedo warmed up, it eventually settled down again.

My question: was a speedo with trip odometer ever offered in these trucks? I seem to recall reading where someone adapted a speedo from a similar year van.

Just curious.

 

[YakkoWarner]

I don’t normally drive my truck in the winter, but I needed to today. While the engine started instantly in the 8 degree weather, the rest of the truck wasn’t happy!

Problem #1: the blower motor screams when it’s cold. Fortunately, that didn’t last long.

Problem number 2: the speedometer HOWLS when it’s cold. It has always bounced around a little (even after cleaning and lubing the cable) but I have never seen a speedometer react to the cold like this! Before I even made it out of my neighborhood, the speedometer had wrapped itself around past the 85mph, sll the way around to the 35mph point. As the truck/speedo warmed up, it eventually settled down again.

My question: was a speedo with trip odometer ever offered in these trucks? I seem to recall reading where someone adapted a speedo from a similar year van.

Just curious.

My squarebody Suburban has a trip odometer in the speedo, but the knob/shaft that you use to reset it is frozen so I can't re-zero it. My speedo reads about 5 higher than actual, and a bit more than that when cold.

 

[mcarlo86]

I could be wrong, but I believe the trip meter speedometers were the electronic ones in 89-91 Blazers and Suburbans. Our '90 also has the trip, but it doesn't reset either.

 

[vr1967]

88-89 also had trip odometers. Both my 88 crew cabs have them, but my 87 R10 doesn’t so I believe the start was 1988

 

[YakkoWarner]

I could be wrong, but I believe the trip meter speedometers were the electronic ones in 89-91 Blazers and Suburbans. Our '90 also has the trip, but it doesn't reset either.

I didn't think it was electronic, but I could be wrong. Not going to try to get under the dash to look until things get drier and warmer.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

1988-89 - cable driven
1990-91 - electronic