OT Speedo

May 22, 2006 2 Replies

This is a bit OT, but I know there are a good few people on this group into cars. I've just bought a Golf GTI, a Mk2 -the Mk1's are getting quite rare and too expensive for me. Got a few odd jobs to do, the most important of which is the speedo. At walking pace the needle bounces around from 20-50 mph, and it seems unreliable at any speed (either it's mis-reading or that artic on the motorway today was doing



95!!). There I was sat there at 110mph, with all the traffic going past me. As you slow down it is slow to react as well.

Anyone got any suggestions, or any experience of VAG speedo's? Failing that, and with an eye on the rpm meter thread, would it be simple to adapt one of the bike speedo's to fit in a car? or build a simple digital one?



Regards



Kevin



PS need to sort this before I get a speeding ticket!!


Classic case of a worn speedo cable ( assuming it's not some hi-falootin' electronic gizmo ).

Usually costs about a tenner for the cable ( you generally only need the inner core ), and rates about 15/20 on the swear index for 'pig of a jobedness'.

Regards,

Look at the connection betwixt cable/gearbox and cable/speedo the square ends wear and can cause jumping. The other problem is a dry cable. It sticks at low speeds, winds up and then releases, causing the jumping of the needle. At higher speeds the cable floats in the outer and doesn't exhibit the problem.

Peter

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