Speedo not working
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Anyone have any ideas?
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Rev counter will still work as that gets a signal from the coil to work out the revs of the engine.
1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
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Really puzzled.
I saw in one of the posts that I should see if the Speedo cable rotates whilst the car moves. Will do this tom.
Any other pointers?
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1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
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mark1gls said
You may of pushed in the square wire which drives the speedo into the cable when pushing it back in, if you are sure it's 100% home then you may need to pull the cable off again and check the square wire turns when moving the car which will mean pulling the instruments out again to check, if it does spin then see if you can pull the wire out a little, a mm or 2 is all that it may move then try to reconnect it and see if it works.
Hey MK1Allan
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mark1gls said
You may of pushed in the square wire which drives the speedo into the cable when pushing it back in, if you are sure it's 100% home then you may need to pull the cable off again and check the square wire turns when moving the car which will mean pulling the instruments out again to check, if it does spin then see if you can pull the wire out a little, a mm or 2 is all that it may move then try to reconnect it and see if it works.
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Hey mark1gls is the square wire in the cable that you are referring to? Also do I yank this square wire inside the cable by 2mm??
I haven't installed everything back properly so I should be able to look at the cable properly tom morning
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You only need to push the car back or forward to see if the square bit inside the cable turns.
1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
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Also the square bit does turn around when the car slowly moved
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1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
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I'll have to have look at where my cable runs but I think it goes between the carb and rocker cover, not underneath the carb….
1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
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1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
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