gb86
New member
Hi guys,
'97 cinq sporting
My girlfriend passed her test a few weeks ago and the other day she went on the motorway in my car for the first time. Her speed fluctuated terribly but I held my tongue until she was gunning it at 91mph on the satnav! Shortly after that I noticed the speedo wasn't working. (Also, when we finally reached a service station, the car was running badly. A quick look under the bonnet revealed a vacuum hose had blown off!)
Anyway, I'm not having much luck with fixing the speedo...
I took the dials off and they function fine: I twisted the thing in the back and it registers on the dial
With the dials off i drove the car and the cable doesn't spin, so I thought 'snapped cable'
I then removed the cable at the gearbox end and removed the entire cable from its sleeve and its intact. (whilst i had the cable out i put it into the back of the dials and twisted it just to confirm the connection was good - it was)
I regreased the cable and slid it home and fixed it back at the gearbox end and when driving it still doesn't turn....
Any ideas? Could it be that what ever makes the cable spin inside the gearbox has gone? The gearbox end of the actual cable appears fine and undamaged; it looks like a long brass coloured nipple with a flange on one side.
One other thing I did notice is that the despite making sure the cable is fixed into the gearbox nice and tight, there is play when I wiggle the sleeve that covers the 17mm fastening thread. I did go and wiggle the same on my other cinq sporting and it felt like there might be play there too... its hard to say if there is a difference...
Thanks guys
'97 cinq sporting
My girlfriend passed her test a few weeks ago and the other day she went on the motorway in my car for the first time. Her speed fluctuated terribly but I held my tongue until she was gunning it at 91mph on the satnav! Shortly after that I noticed the speedo wasn't working. (Also, when we finally reached a service station, the car was running badly. A quick look under the bonnet revealed a vacuum hose had blown off!)
Anyway, I'm not having much luck with fixing the speedo...
I took the dials off and they function fine: I twisted the thing in the back and it registers on the dial
With the dials off i drove the car and the cable doesn't spin, so I thought 'snapped cable'
I then removed the cable at the gearbox end and removed the entire cable from its sleeve and its intact. (whilst i had the cable out i put it into the back of the dials and twisted it just to confirm the connection was good - it was)
I regreased the cable and slid it home and fixed it back at the gearbox end and when driving it still doesn't turn....
Any ideas? Could it be that what ever makes the cable spin inside the gearbox has gone? The gearbox end of the actual cable appears fine and undamaged; it looks like a long brass coloured nipple with a flange on one side.
One other thing I did notice is that the despite making sure the cable is fixed into the gearbox nice and tight, there is play when I wiggle the sleeve that covers the 17mm fastening thread. I did go and wiggle the same on my other cinq sporting and it felt like there might be play there too... its hard to say if there is a difference...
Thanks guys