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Hi all,

I purchased my mk1 cab (1990) about a month ago as a project.
One of the issues is that the speedo needle seems to have snapped off?!

When I drive the car the remainder of the needle doesn't move (which may be a cable / drive issue).

My question is.. Is it possible to replace the needle alone for example say if I took one out of some mk3 clocks?

Thanks for any help.

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Yes the needle does just come off, if you use some thing like a table fork with a thin bit of card underneath it so it does not mark the face of the speedo you can leaver the needle off. Not sure if a mk3 golf speedo needle would fit?
The speedo should still read something so I would look into fixing that first incase the speedo is completely broken and you need to change the clocks, there is a few guides of this site.

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.

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I'm going to check out the speedo cable / drive within the next few days and I've decided that I'm just going to replace the clocks instead of messing about with the needle.
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