Speedo

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:05 pm

My speedo works when it's out of the car, with an allen key turning the drive, and my speedo cable turns when it's not connected to the speedo, but I don't get any indication of speed when I'm driving!

I'm guessing the cable drive is turning inside the speedo without touching the sides - is this repairable? - either by me or via a specialist speedo-repairer service somewhere out there?

Failing that, and as it's a KPH unit anyway, are any other speedos interchangeable?

Carl

roger · Post by **roger** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:40 pm

Couple of points here - MPH speedos appear from time to time on Ebay, and possibly some DDKers may have one lurking about in their garages.

I had a similar problem with the speedo not working and found that the cable hadn't been completely tightened up at the back of the speedo.

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:53 pm

Thank for the reply, Roger.

So are 914 speedos unique?

How about 911/924/944/VW units?

'Feels like I'll be placing a wanted advert sometime...

davidppp · Post by **davidppp** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:22 pm

Hello there.

Does the cable inner turn when you are driving?

A very common problem is a broken drive gear at the gearbox.

Kind regards
David

roger · Post by **roger** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:03 pm

Carl

I'd quite forgotten that I had a spare MPH speedo lurking in my garage! It appears OK - your welcome to it and if it is OK, send me a tenner.

Regards
Roger

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:07 pm

Roger, I've never met you, but I think I may be in love.

I'm PMing you right now.

Carl

roger · Post by **roger** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:15 pm

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:19 pm

davidppp wrote:Hello there.

Does the cable inner turn when you are driving?

A very common problem is a broken drive gear at the gearbox.

Kind regards
David

Yes, it turns very strongly, and the cable and angle drive both look reasonably new to me, too - but please keep the ideas coming!

Carl

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:21 pm

swapped wrote: I'm PMing you right now.

Now that I re-read this, it seems ruder than I originally intended.

Still, if it gets me a speedo...

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:56 pm

I drove to work in the 914 this morning (roof on - it wasn't quite warm enough), so that I could fit and try the MPH unit Roger sent me at lunch time.

...and it's working!

Brilliant.

It's amazing how much more accelerative (?) the car feels with a speedo needle to watch climbing! - I think I've been pretty good at 'feeling' my speed at 30 and 40 mph, but what I've been treeting as 60 was closer to 70, and I've been skimming along at 4000 revs in 5th, thinking it was 75ish, but the speedo says it's closer to 90!

I think I'll charge the sat-nav up and take it for a drive to calibrate.

Thank you very much, Roger - cheque on it's way to you.

Carl

roger · Post by **roger** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:06 pm

Great stuff Carl - glad its OK (personally I like tuned speedos

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impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:10 pm

swapped wrote:I drove to work in the 914 this morning (roof on - it wasn't quite warm enough
Carl

Er ? Was it raining ? No - Then it WAS Roof off weather !
Tim

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:25 pm

impmad2000 wrote:
swapped wrote:I drove to work in the 914 this morning (roof on - it wasn't quite warm enough
Carl
Er ? Was it raining ? No - Then it WAS Roof off weather !
Tim

I knew I'd get someone commenting like that

As it happens, it was raining as I showered and ate breakfast (two separate jobs there, one after the other), and I walked onto the drive with the keys to the Saab in my hand, looked at the standing water on the cars and at the (blueish, but cloudy) sky, and went back into the kitchen to grab Roger's speedo and swap ignition keys. I had to choose between 'roofless' and 'late-for-work', so I chose roof-on, in on time, and I'll go home topless

Some of my favourite memories of my motor-cycling days are from journeys where snow had fallen and I was riding on compacted snow under blue skies, home from my girlfriends (now wife) parents house - If weather conditions are right this winter, you can bet I'll be out there with my thinsulate gloves and wooly hat on, but my roof off

Carl

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:25 pm

Oops! Double post.

Carl

roger · Post by **roger** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:19 pm

Carl said

Some of my favourite memories of my motor-cycling days are from journeys where snow had fallen and I was riding on compacted snow under blue skies, home from my girlfriends (now wife) parents house - If weather conditions are right this winter, you can bet I'll be out there with my thinsulate gloves and wooly hat on, but my roof off

I can almost here the violins playing......