Speedo cable

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Trying to get the speedo cable out of the box. Fed it WD40 for a week or so and it still wont budge. Gripped with mole grips, two hands, pulling like hell and still nothing. Am I missing somthing?

Cheers

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

hope? Faith? Better half? Dinner?

Dunno maybe you are missing something, the question is what, all we want in this journey we call life is fufillment...

Is it the plastic tag cable or the wire clip cable?

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Plastic tag. I think you need a little bit of faith to own a Renault Razz

Somone suggested a slide hammer, dont think that will work though.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

I assume both tags are there?

If so squeeze them together and rotate the clip.

This should help free it up. Then it should pop out.

The black plastic tag bit is seperate to the cable, if yours is knackered I can get you a part no and price for a new one.

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Mines a white plastic tag? Or am I talking about somthing different?

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77 00 799 654 CLIP SPEEDO CABLE 1.16

thats the black bit.

77 00 799 655 CLIP SPEEDO CABLE 1.16

thats the white bit it goes into.

I'm to nice.

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Bastid cable! It's come out the box but its soft of snapped the very end of the metal housing off and left it in the hole inside that white plastic cup....contemplating chopping of the appropriate length off the new cable and trying that... Also, managed to smack myself in the eye with a bit of plastic trying to feed the cable about :S

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yep thats what I had to do with my sky blue prima. Chopped abotu an inch off the new cable.

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

yet another stupid design by the sounds of it...really, who sat down and designed this car and thought...yes, thats good that is.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

the design is very good. Look at other cars and their rubber bung etc.

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This has happened to both of my cars now, and Chris H's, surely is a minor design fault? Incidently the technical note for it in dialogys recomends using a special compound when refitting the cable to stop it corroding in place, yet no mention is made of whether it was done in the production of the car.

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

its gotta be crap if noone can get the bugger out!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

grease is applied to prevent it siezinf in. Some cars have it greased others dont.

Its not a design fault like I already said.

If thats the case then any engine is a design fault.

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

maybe we are talkin different things here....i thought we were on about how you cant dissconnect the speedo cable from the box? and you have to break it off? thats bad surely? ive never done it so im not sure but every seems to struggle with it.

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Yup, talking about the same thing, looks like its a 'muppet that forgot to grease up the part' problem...

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yes the muppet forgot to grease it/they ran out of grease/he went for a pee (production lines keep goign even if no one is manning the station!

i think the design is quite good, you should see some of the speedo set ups on some cars.

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

well i aint seen it...just goin by what ppl have said.....do u like the design as a whole?...r we just talkin about the clip into the box?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

I think the design is quite good. The bit that siezes in is about 1 inch long and has an O-ring on it.

In theory if the plastic tags snap the cable can still be removed as long as its not seized. The plastic bits are replaceable and cheap.