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schakal
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Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:34 am |
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schakal
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Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:18 pm |
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got thebloody thing out in the end ,no damage ,its as good as new.
now the big challenge is yet to come tomorrow,fitting the speedo cable shall be fun.
i sprayed lots of wd40 from the gearbox end of the cable untill i see it coming from the instrument panel end ,which will lube the inner cable me thinks  |
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Chris H
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Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:49 pm |
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lol nope, just fuck the speedo head and sensor! Don't oil it. |
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schakal
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Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:16 pm |
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too late now 
why would wd40 feck it ? |
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Chris H
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Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:53 pm |
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oil works its way up into the speedo head and fucks it up. |
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schakal
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:47 am |
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well it must have done it allready now,oh well |
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schakal
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:24 am |
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hang on are you saying it will feck the bit on the instrument panel ??
i cleaned the excess wd40 of the speedometer end and let the cable hang overnight .i hope this helps the process |
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Chris H
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:30 am |
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schakal
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:34 am |
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cleaned as much as i can now ,the rest of it will be luck i suppose.
if it fecks up it does  |
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schakal
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Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:14 pm |
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its doing me tits in now, i lost the fecking white plastic surround that goes to the gearbox end 
still could not fit the cable due to this problem ,and the only way to drive the car without killing the engine is quickly geting it in neutral from any gear and pressing the accel pedal once as the revs are dropping .one touch lets it stay in 1000rpm otherwise goes down to 400 and dies in the middle of driving even at 70-80 mph |
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Chris H
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Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:51 pm |
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why do you need the white plastic bit? Juts push it in |
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schakal
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:58 am |
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i thought the white plastic bit was holding the whole thing in place ,is it not ? |
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Chris H
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:02 am |
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yes but it doesn't just fall out |
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schakal
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:07 am |
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excellent ,i can fit the fecker today than  |
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schakal
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:36 am |
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fitted the speedo cable today ,routing was much easier than i thought it would be , now i am also fully capable of getting the instrument panel in and out in less than 30 mins
i can see my speed now at last and the revs are back to normal as i can see after a short drive .
the trip computer could not get used to the situation easily and was showing 55 gallons of fuel in the tank at some point ,disconnected the negative lead for a half an hour hopefully that will sort it out .
cheers for all the help chris ,legend |
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