<VV> How Do I Unstick My Odometer

[NicolCS at aol.com]

<snip>When I got the car, the speedo cable was broken. I've since replaced it 
and the odometer does not move. It is stuck at 19945.9. How can I weasel a 
wire or otherwise access the odometer and un-stick it?

While on the subject/area of odometer. The speedometer is quite erratic, 
especially at speeds over 50 MPH. Is this going to settle down with use, or am I 
destined to remove and clean or replace? Tom <Unsnip>

Your odometer cannot be "unstuck".  The little gears with their 45-year old 
dry grease have given their last and are stripped out. The speedometer bearings 
are also sticking and that's why your speedo needle is erratic. They stick 
and wind-up your new cable then release, which causes a momentary surge in 
indicated speed.  It's quite likely that your sticking speedo head helped with the 
failure of your original speedo cable.  At any rate, it's time to take out the 
dash and send the speedo to a shop for repair or replace it with another 
unit. If you don't want to do that, you might try pulling the cable shaft and 
greasing it with lubriplate.
Craig in Coeur d'Alene