Hello, my father has a 1968 chevy stepside with the strait six. he bought it new in '68. well hes getting older and im a electrician so we could use a hand. the speedometer quit working and he put on a new one and it still doent work. he can run a cordless drill from the trany end and it works just fine on the dash side........ any idea's????

Could be a 194,230 or a 250 six cylinder engine.

buy new! my frend had 1 of those and it was easier to buy new then to try and rebuild. the internals r a ram with rubber bushings/o-rings. and they rot!. lol.

timing marks for a 1968 dodge truck with 383 engine

it is your carburetor the fuel float is set to high and probably leaks. If it older than 10yrs old and has never been rebuilt . do that if you want to save yourself a bunch of time and little more money make the investment of a Brand New not rebuilt. if you get the carb manufactor specs matched to your motor , Out of the box, it will be very close to being on the money .

take it to a dealership please!!!! you are gonna waste money something is shorted and it may be from his repair not saying hes dumb or anything. and also it usually is just a resistor but i think he may have pinched some wires or something. i maybe wrong im only human either way good luck!!!

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Yes and since its a 68 you may have a regulator on it. Im just not positive on that. If you dont then I would say the new alternator is faulty also.

you might be looking at an air suspension pump. it is not designed to work for long periods of time.

Sorry I'm not a car expert, but I imagine its a pretty simple task, my father has worked in cars all hes life - but I don't want to bother hes vacation with car problems for a while.

well read here
http://autorepair.about.com/od/regularmaintenance/ss/fuel_filter.htm

You can ask another expert make sure one has cars labeled in the expertise field or contact a local tech if you can't get it fixed yourself.

again, I imagine its a simple process but I've never yet done one.

Thanks,
Ekse