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605.5 | I was only doing 20mph officer. | WOTVAX::HARRISC | Not very nice at all | Wed Sep 04 1991 10:52 | 9 |
| Over the past few days my speedo has been playing up. At first there
was no problem until I came off the gas, my speedo would then just waver
0-20 MPH until I accelerated again, it then returned to normal. Now it
seems it doesn't want to register any speed past 25, it just wavers
from 0-25 no matter how fast I'm going.
What is the first thing to look for/do?
Thanks in advance, Craig.
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605.6 | Starter for 10 (as bamber used to say) | TIMMII::RDAVIES | An amateur expert | Wed Sep 04 1991 11:56 | 12 |
| loose where it is screwed into the gearbox, into the speedo, any
connections in between.
Possibly the gear in the gearbox is worn or loose.
The speedo itself is faulty. (My wife's old car had an analogue clock
which kept loosing time randomly. When I took it apart the needle was a
push-fit ring around the drive shaft. The plastic ring had split, and
whenever it was towards the top and got a shake, the needle would drop
back down to the lower half of the clock!)
Richard
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605.7 | Get yer overalls on ! | WARNUT::RICE | I love the car scheme changes - honestly ! | Thu Sep 05 1991 17:01 | 5 |
| Go on Craig, stick the Escort up on ramps tonight when you get home,
open the Haynes Manual I lent you and then have a crawl around
underneath. It might only take you 5-mins.
Stevie.
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605.8 | Instrument modifications | ESBS01::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Thu Jul 30 1992 14:57 | 23 |
605.9 | | NEWOA::SAXBY | Born again reincarnationist | Thu Jul 30 1992 15:00 | 10 |
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Check the back of Classic & Sportscar. There are always a couple of
instrument repairers in there who may be able to quote for you.
Most after market rev-counters will work for 4,6 and 8 cylinder
engines, are you sure yours will need converting?
Why not just get some new instruments? :^)
Mark
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605.10 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | Teledildonics? Good grief! | Thu Jul 30 1992 16:02 | 6 |
| Speedy cables will do the tacho for you.
If it's for a classic, then Renown Instruments are your best bet.
0980-53800
Laurie.
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605.11 | | ESBS01::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Thu Jul 30 1992 16:25 | 19 |
605.12 | Dodgy Speedo | CURRNT::PARTRIDGE | | Mon Oct 25 1993 14:13 | 10 |
| I have a curious problem with the speedo on my BMW 318i.
It works fine while cruising, but when accelerating the needle
drops to 0, and beyond. After easing off the gas, it seems OK
again.
Is this likely to be electrical or mechanical problem ?
Any ideas?
Jeremy.
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605.13 | Give me a Vauxhall any day. | BAHTAT::DODD | | Mon Oct 25 1993 15:45 | 7 |
| re .-1
"It works fine while cruising, but..."
Seems a pretty accurate description of the BMWs I have driven.
Andrew
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605.14 | Let's all slag off BMWs | KERNEL::MCGOWAN | | Tue Oct 26 1993 11:04 | 4 |
| re .13
How do you think up these witty comment ? Must take all day ?
Pete
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605.15 | beyond the speedo cable? | IOSG::JONESK | Wales for the World Cup 1995 | Fri Mar 25 1994 19:07 | 14 |
| I have a speedo problem which maybe someone could help clarify.
At slow speeds it doesn't work at all (ie. it's stuck on 20mph). Only
at around 65 does it kick in. Then it seems OK although rather
sluggish to adjust when I speed up/slow down. The actual instrument
appears OK and so too the cable/connections.
My question therefore is, what lies beyond the cable, after it passes
into the transmission? I have been told that I need to replace the
gearbox ????? Could this be true?
Help appreciated,
Kris
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605.16 | Ford gearboxes - best in the world!!! | FORTY2::TEER | That's just what they'll be expecting us to do... | Fri Mar 25 1994 19:14 | 6 |
| Could be the case I'm afraid. My girlfriend's Fiesta had this sort of problem,
and the cause was a badly worn gearbox, which had to be completely overhauled
and a lot of it replaced, for about 300 pounds!!! I have heard of this
occurring on an Orion with the same mileage (just under 70K).
Mark
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605.17 | Try the cheaper things first ! | NEWOA::CROME_A | | Fri Mar 25 1994 19:35 | 8 |
| I think it could be the speedo itself, it could be worn in such a way that it is
slow to start.
In fact after re-reading your note I would say it is definitely the speedo - if
the gearbox was broken in any way why would it work at all !! but I would go for
the speedo cable first. Then maybe get a speedo from a scrapyard.
Andy
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605.18 | | FORTY2::TEER | That's just what they'll be expecting us to do... | Fri Mar 25 1994 20:03 | 3 |
| The speedo in the Fiesta did work, but rather eratically, getting steadily
worse. Hopefully, if your's works normally after coming unstuck, it may not be
the gearbox that's at fault.
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605.19 | Faulty wire? | CURRNT::PARTRIDGE | | Fri Mar 25 1994 20:33 | 4 |
| The problem described in .12 was traced to be a
faulty wire - the speedo is electronic.
A cheap repair job for a change!
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605.20 | Diagnosis please | IRPC01::MPEACOCK | | Wed May 08 1996 16:19 | 13 |
| The speed reading on my Passat has been very erratic of late, so I've
ordered a new speedo cable, thinking it's better to start with the
cheapest elements first. But even this is 35 quid! This morning the
speed reading stayed at zero yet I noticed that the odometer bits
seemed to be working OK. Am I stating the obvious by suggesting this
proves the cable is _not_ at fault or can a faulty cable still give
this effect?
Very nearly everything I own of a mechanical or electrical nature has
failed in the last 3 months. At 17:30 last Saturday, the wheel cylinder
on my 3 year old Golf sprung a leak.
Mike
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605.21 | Speedo time. | CMOTEC::JASPER | Stuck on the Flypaper of Life | Wed May 15 1996 18:36 | 5 |
| I could believe that a cable could make the speedo reading erratic, but
if the odometer is accurate, then I thinks that a cable fault is
unlikely.
Tony.
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605.22 | | VAXCAT::RKE | Pellucid Pussycat | Thu May 16 1996 17:09 | 6 |
605.23 | Speedo and prices | IRPC01::MPEACOCK | | Thu May 16 1996 18:28 | 6 |
| Thanks for the recent replies. Re; prices, the current VW price for a
speedo is 106 quid! (BTW, how _do_ you compose keys on a PC to get
sterling signs, umlauts, etc.?) I'm hoping to get one from a scrappy.
This one wasn't all _that_ shortlived 'cos it's done 99600 miles.
Mike
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605.24 | | CHEFS::POWELLM | On 101457.2636@compuserve.com | Thu May 16 1996 19:43 | 14 |
605.25 | Not the right place... | IRPC01::MPEACOCK | | Thu May 16 1996 20:13 | 7 |
| ...to discuss this, but...
Thanks for the input. That is certainly how I used to do it on a
workstation, but the PC has no 'compose' key.
Mike
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605.26 | Well, if you must use a PC .... 8^) | CHEFS::POWELLM | On 101457.2636@compuserve.com | Fri May 17 1996 12:14 | 1 |
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605.27 | | VAXCAT::RKE | Pellucid Pussycat | Fri May 17 1996 15:57 | 6 |
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My speedo was shot when I bought the car at 98k.
I got one from a later Passat in a junk yard, it was also shot at 60k.
......not long lived.
R.
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