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| Author: | timthetool [ Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Speedo issues |
My speedo has sort of gone haywire. Whenever the car is moving the needle flicks around like crazy and coming to a stop does not necessarily reset the needle to zero. This doesn't bother me so much but the girlfriend has concerns! Am I looking at refitting/replacing the speedo cables or sourcing a new speedo altogether? |
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| Author: | min13k [ Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:02 pm ] |
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could be the cable or the lil magnet in the speedo is stuffed makka |
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| Author: | I_AM_THE_WAHL [ Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:06 pm ] |
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mine did this too, it turned out to be the odometer gear was seized luckly i had spare bits to fix it. |
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| Author: | Namibian CAMEL [ Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:39 pm ] |
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Oh so it is not meant to do that  , well then. I was sure thay when cruising down the highway, my speed was changing from 60 to 100 mph in a second? Maybe i was wrong.
So is the meter not meant to go crazy, it would be a help if it didn't, cause then i would have some idea of how fast i am going! So a magnet then. I'm on to i already. Thankyou for raining the question CAMEL |
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| Author: | min13k [ Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:42 pm ] |
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could be the cable to nambian if it is screwed it can cause this makka |
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| Author: | Namibian CAMEL [ Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:46 pm ] |
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Yeah, well theres also a bloody annoying tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick noise that is coming from the speedo area, as i speed up the tick are louder and more frequent, Very Annoying. I'll go and have a bash around the dash tommorow to see what i can wreck. |
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| Author: | min13k [ Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:51 pm ] |
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might very well be the cable dryin out makka |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Thu Sep 09, 2004 6:53 am ] |
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Last new cable I bought was dry as a bloody bone inside. After a few thousand miles it started the tic-tic.. 
If you fit a new one, put a little molygrease on the inner cable- but keep the top 100mm or more dry. If it gets into the speedo......... 
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:09 am ] |
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yea could be the cable, could be a gear in the speedo head. Also, there is a spring in the speedo head (not sure of the correct term, but it wraps around in a coil about 20 times). This cold be sticking. I know this because I stripped a speedo to every last screw and put it back together and this spring gave me grief. Similar symptoms. Have fun! |
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| Author: | Anto [ Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:24 pm ] |
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My advice is unplug the bloody speedo, and read your speed off the tacho! That's what I do, much easier (my odometer doesn't work anyway so I don't need to keep mileage). |
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| Author: | timthetool [ Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:39 pm ] |
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Heh...i would read the speed off the tacho but alas! No tacho 
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| Author: | Anto [ Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:43 pm ] |
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I can think of a solution to that problem too
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| Author: | Namibian CAMEL [ Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:57 pm ] |
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Yeah, whats a tacho? I like the idea of having no speedo. So does anyone have a cheap but good tacho they want to sell me, or timthetool, it is his topic! CAMEl |
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Thu Sep 09, 2004 2:55 pm ] |
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Namibian CAMEL wrote: Yeah, whats a tacho?
Don't you have Mexican restaurants down in Tassie? 
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| Author: | dr trim [ Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:15 pm ] |
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... oh boy, anton that was just poor.
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