Speedo cable = died a few weeks ago. So i bought a new one and had a go at trying to almost start and try to put it in. But of cause, being very smart, i got hold of the speedo end of the cable, and wanked it, before i looked at where it was coming from . Ive got no idea where it seems to go, as i cannot see any holes suitable in size to accommodate a cable of this size.

Here is where the cable broke off at the engine end.


So basically,
its really all annoying
In my hacking at the inside of the mini i suceeded in pulling all the wooden panels around the dash off, breaking most of them, and playing with the guage cluster until it wanted to fall off and die.

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It is in the deepest, darkest corner of the engine bay

Standing next to the passenger side wheel,
look down between the engine & firewall to the back of the gearbox.
You will find the matching broken bit of alloy "thumbscrew" there.

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Careful Camel dont go in there without a native guide there may be an ancient pigmy tribe living in there if you discover them they will make you thier God and perform all kinds of wierd sexual acts on you over and over again BUNJI

Gee your timings Bad Camel the Good DR was making a house call and you had nothing for him to fix


or are you just looking foward to the pygmies

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you poor barstard...get someone to help you man,.,,or you`re just going to do way more damage

find a mini mechanic or a mini knowledgeable firend to help

it`s a very sad thing to see this happen

please type "Major damage about to happen, should i seek help first" on your next thread before you attempt any more mini repairs

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

The fact that you just had your engine changed should be a clue.....

They may have forgotten to undo the speedo cable before they pulled out your motor!

im with theminiman...YOU POOR BASTARD.....take one of those head mounted lights!

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

and that was the last anyone either heard or saw of CAMEL for two weeks until they tunneled in and rescued him.

Camel remember to smile when you meet Edie Maguire

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hahahaha

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

I have a great deal of confidence in the Camel. Remember when he pulled the brake drum off his car to check the brakes?
Go ahead mate, be a man, change the cable, show all these doubters what you can do.
Don't forget to post pics! We can always use a laugh.

Hahaha
Well the car did that all by itself, it moved after i attended to it, so couldnt get drum back on.
And there was the time i pulled of the carby on old motor, and spent 2 weeks trying to re-attatch some form of throttle cable, that just didnt work.

But the speedo was working fine enough for 4 months after my new motor, so its nothing to do with that.

And if i cant fix it, it doesnt really matter. The only reason i want a speedo is so that i can see how fast im going down the back straight at Symmons or Baskerville.

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Holy moley Camel man....what sort of Revs are we talking about pulling....I mean....watch the speedo slowly climb by all means....but be careful of the engine.....especially when drafting that GTHO Falcon down the straight

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The damage to the cable has been caused by pulling on the outer cable. If you pushed the broken bit back in the gearbox I bet it would hang together for another 4 months.
My bet is it was damaged by the mechanic. And if he didn't damage it then he should have noticed it.

[quote= i got hold of the speedo end of the cable, and wanked it,

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mate, dont listen to them, its not that bad of a job, i did it in 15min. But it is a little fiddly.

Ryan

Hahaha
Well, ummm , UMMM i must have had something else on my mind


It was actually an honest mistake,
it was meant to read 'yanked' , quite obviously.

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