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Marvin
 Post subject: Alternate speedos
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:10 pm 
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Ok... just looking for alternatives to original speedos as I would just like to have the speedo and tacho directly in front of me and the other gauges elsewhere. The clubbie 2 gauge doesn't have a tacho and the don't really need to see the fuel level and temp everytime I look at a clubbie 3 gauge.

So, does anyone NOT use an original speedo? What do you use and did anything need to be done to it to get it to work in a mini?
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smiths ????
jag mg stuff like that
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I put in an MG speedo for testing and by the time I am at the end of the street I'm doing 120MPH :shock: :lol:

the Speedo cable just fits straight on but I think a little calibration is needed. It might have something to do with the tiny tens :wink:


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If you go VDO or Autometer, both do electronic speedos. Run off a sensor on the pot joint or wherever, you can program them to be spot on.

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you'll need the correct drive dog in the box or a theng to change it atthe speedo
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the drive dog from the MG do the job?
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No. But there are little boxes available that convert the cable speed at the speedo. Try Olympic Instruments.

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there ya go :)
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Excellent - cheers
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someone was running a triumph herald one. its the same size as a mini, goes to 200 km/h and has a trip meter.

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Marvin wrote:
don't really need to see the fuel level and temp everytime I look at a clubbie 3 gauge.


those are brave words for a mini driver ;)
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I'd pic up a set of guages from a Jag XJ6. These can be had cheap as the cars themselves aren't worth much at all.

The guages are Smiths, and the speedo is 120mph with a trip meter.

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poeee wrote:
...from a Jag XJ6.... ...the cars themselves aren't worth much at all....


Someone post a link poeee's post to a Jag site. Those boys would be goin' off like a frog in a sock :lol:

From a MINI owner no less!!! :D

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LOL at the jag owners going off... but i think Scott is right XJ6 modle didnt hold price very well and are in good suply.. im not a jag knocker as i saved all my money when i was 20 to buy one.. and I LOVED IT.. only sold it to finance the first house,, that happens when you get your GF pregnant LOL

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danidad wrote:
only sold it to finance the first house,, that happens when you get your GF pregnant LOL


A well know person in this forum is in the same boat..well the bub's on the way that is :!:

The oil/temp ect.. also look the same..Hmm

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