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Speedo Woes
« on: January 15, 2010, 20:27:51 »
Me speedo and other guages dont work!

The speedo has had a new cable but still not working.

Fuel guage shows as full on both tanks (its an ex mil 109).

Temp shows as freezing all the time lol.

Any help would be most appreciated :D


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Re: Speedo Woes
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2010, 20:41:29 »
 :) Good evening !!  Has your car stood at all or is it being used daily??  I ask this cause my 109 hadn't been on the road since may 04 and my fuel gauge read full all the time ad until two weeks ago, the temp gauge didn't budge from freezing.  But now the temp is okay, just started working and my fuel gauge is possesed by some mad demonic force and does whatever it wants too!! :evil: :evil:  As for speedo, the cable turns okay, not trapped or anything??  You would have checked that though :doh:   I have been told to drop the fuel tank and clean, or replace the sender, the temp I cleaned up what I thought was the sender and it was the wrong thing , still had no wire to it but everything works so not fussed.  Ask Mr Bogie, he has a vast experience with said vehicles!!  Good luck!! :D
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Re: Speedo Woes
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2010, 20:47:33 »
Its been stood for quite some time, we just got it today, but we know the person we got it off.  Dont think it has moved in a number of months!

I didnt fit the cable, so no idea if its spinning or not, but i know its a new cable.  How would i test if its spinning correctly??


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Re: Speedo Woes
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2010, 16:00:02 »
I had all sorts of trouble with my cable.. It was generally bad new parts.. you can check the speedo drive by opening the centre hatch, there you'll find the speedo cable just behind the hand brake drum, Undo the three screws (if it has it) or the clip, put in a small cross head screw driver, and turn it to see if it has resistance... If no, then your screw driver might be too small to be in the square or your drive gear could be knackered.. I found it did have resistance, to vice, plus cable just to squish it a little and make it bigger sorted the problem... Before you start crimping the cable though, remove the end going to the speedo and stick your finger on it while driving, you should be able to feel it spinning. If not.. then it's the speedo drive and do as said above ;)
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Re: Speedo Woes
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2010, 20:04:28 »
Do we know if the ones for an ex mil are the same as a normal one for a 2.25 petrol engine?


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Re: Speedo Woes
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2010, 21:15:23 »
Right then,take your clocks out so you can see the end of the cable,jack a rear wheel up so its off the ground,make sure you are in 2WD and start,put in gear and let her go,you should see the inner cable turn,if not the drive in the box needs looking at.The clock could also be stuffed plus make sure the clip on the end of the cable is fully pushed on to the clock. With the other gauges turn the ignition on ,remove the wire for the temp sender and earth it out on engine for example,the reading on the gauge should shoot up to max,if not you have broken wire/problem or stuffed gauge. To test the gauge put a live to one side of feed and an earth to the other feed,this shows if your gauge is working. Repeat this with all the other gauges and senders and you will soon find out what is good and what aint!
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Re: Speedo Woes
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2010, 23:02:45 »
Cheers Bogie, will try that tomorrow.

Will the raised wheel trick work with the fact its ex mil and doesnt have free wheeling hubs??


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Re: Speedo Woes
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2010, 01:03:27 »
Cheers Bogie, will try that tomorrow.

Will the raised wheel trick work with the fact its ex mil and doesnt have free wheeling hubs??


yes it will work if you run it in high range TWO wheel drive ... release the handbrake and chock the front wheels to ensure it doesn't slip off the jack tho ...

you really don't want it falling and either lurching away with you or risking breaking a halfshaft (it's the sudden traction that usually breaks them)
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Re: Speedo Woes
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2010, 16:30:35 »
Right, now its got a speedo working!  A little bit of flattening here and there and it turns :D

So thanks for the help :D


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Re: Speedo Woes
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2010, 19:50:44 »
What was wrong with it???
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Re: Speedo Woes
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2010, 19:58:33 »
A little bit of flattening here and there and it turns :D

It was just not catching in the hole, so a bit of modification and it is turning :D


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