speedometer

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

fucks sake, if you don't know the answer be quiet.

clio efi and 19 EFI speedo cables are the same, they both fit and work fine.

Only ones to avoid are carbed model as they don;t have the road speed sensor.

The speedo cable has seized to the box it won't come out easily even with the box out on the bench it will take some work.

What use is a new cable if the speed drive inside the box has sheared? None at all, box needs removed and the part replaced or another box.

look in project Y progress report theres plenty of box end speedo cable pics in there.

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the one i ordered from gsf, didnt have the speed sensor, i was told it was an efi one and it was shorter.

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cable length is the same efi or not, the clio cable is 10mm shorter but still fits.

the GSF one is a non efi cable.

All efi cars have the road speed sensor as its one of the main inputs to the ECU!

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Chris H wrote:

The speedo cable has seized to the box it won't come out easily even with the box out on the bench it will take some work.

What use is a new cable if the speed drive inside the box has sheared? None at all, box needs removed and the part replaced or another box

can you tell the speed drive is fecked before taking the thing out ? me will pull the feckin thing out today Evil or Very Mad

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if the cable isn't spinning when you drive the car then its knackered, just to check jack up a wheel, stick it in 5th and turn the wheel, it shoudl rotate.

If its not turnogn then its either not in the box right or something has broken. more than likely the plastic drive.

personanly I would live with it.

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marvellous Smile

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got the fecking thing out in the end . now i got the both sides of the speedo cable in hand and can make further inspection

this is what the gearbox end is supposed to spin

had to get the ins. panel again not happy at all ,i can do this quite easily now wihout even taking the steering wheel off Laughing

now i can spin the gearbox end using my drill thingy and he speedometer works while doing that .i found out the cable was routed incorrectly by me after fitting the new matrix ,so that was the reason speedo fecked up in the first place . WHATS THE RIGHT ROUTING ????

but after getting the inner cable out i have seen this ,not very healty looking but still spins the speedo not sure if the readign would be accurate though ??????????/

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yeah you broke that good and proper! Well fucked now!

You need a new cable and the rest of the cables still stuck in the box btw.

Lol either chop the new cables metal end off or remove the box and drill the housing and use heat to remove whats left of the cable end.

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the last picture is the speedo end chris ,the gearbox end is the one in 1st and 2nd pics

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yeah and you have fucked it, thats no use for anythign to anyone now! lol

The rest of the cable is still in the box

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the rest of the cable in what box ?? are you on abut the ins. panel or the gearbox now???

confuse me why dont you? Rolling Eyes

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the gearbox.

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hmmm..
thought that was all that was there ,what does this part look like than ?

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you now need to get a new cable and chop that metal part off or remove the box and extract it or the easier option of a new box.

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that white plastic bit did not come out either all i have is the black plastic bit and the cable itself .
joys of fecking motoring Evil or Very Mad

how stuck can the metal bit be ?? bastard

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they normally stick because only some where greased liek they should have been at the factory. they weld themselves togethter, normally box out lots of heat etc gets it shifting.

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no more speeding for me than i am afraid Laughing

but that white bit is deffo not there chris ,i would have seen it if it was .
got to pull out that round bit somehow

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the white bits still int eh gearbox, the black bit and the metal part of the cable are clipped to it.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

with no cable in place, what will happen if the ECU does not have its speed sensor input?

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it will be more prone to stalling at junctions etc.

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JB have you got a photo of a gearbox showing this bit where the cable goes in by any chance mate .may be i can figure out how to get this remains out if i can see how it works ?