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 Speedo cable
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huwwatkins
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 10:40 am

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?


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Chris H
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 10:43 am

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?
huwwatkins
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:03 am

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.
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:06 am

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.
huwwatkins
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:08 am

Mines a white plastic tag? Or am I talking about somthing different?
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:10 am

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.
huwwatkins
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Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 6:28 am

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
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:58 am

yep thats what I had to do with my sky blue prima. Chopped abotu an inch off the new cable.
JB
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Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:52 am

yet another stupid design by the sounds of it...really, who sat down and designed this car and thought...yes, thats good that is.
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:21 am

the design is very good. Look at other cars and their rubber bung etc.
huwwatkins
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Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:33 am

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.
JB
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 5:42 am

its gotta be crap if noone can get the bugger out!
Chris H
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:06 am

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.
JB
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:48 am

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.
huwwatkins
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:30 am

Yup, talking about the same thing, looks like its a 'muppet that forgot to grease up the part' problem...
Chris H
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:18 am

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.
JB
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:55 am

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?
Chris H
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:37 pm

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.
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