Speedo

sinbin5t · 04-07-17, 06:44 PM

After getting the odometer working i now have another problem in the clocks

No matter what speed you are doing be it 5mph or 80mph the speedo needle is just wafting up and down non stop between 0 and 40 mph, anybody got ideas about what the cause could be please ? It's the V6 Coupe.

Many thanks.

fourringsrus · 04-07-17, 07:07 PM

Speed sensor on gearbox??
Remember if you end up changing binnacle, you need to to stay with v6 and probably need to stay auto

sinbin5t · 04-07-17, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by fourringsrus

Speed sensor on gearbox??
Remember if you end up changing binnacle, you need to to stay with v6 and probably need to stay auto

Will check that out thanks Stuart, would like to try and keep the binnacle if poss, could i maybe have upset something in that when doing the odometer do you think ?

vorsprung durch technik · 04-07-17, 07:45 PM

I know your a strong bloke but you'll have to stop lifting the car up and running with it flintstone style.

sinbin5t · 04-07-17, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by vorsprung durch technik

I know your a strong bloke but you'll have to stop lifting the car up and running with it flintstone style.

but i got those trainers as an upgrade

vorsprung durch technik · 04-07-17, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by sinbin5t

but i got those trainers as an upgrade

It lightens the mood a bit eh?

fourringsrus · 04-07-17, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by sinbin5t

Will check that out thanks Stuart, would like to try and keep the binnacle if poss, could i maybe have upset something in that when doing the odometer do you think ?

Thats possible Bruce, but your sensor in on the gearbox

sinbin5t · 04-07-17, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by fourringsrus

Thats possible Bruce, but your sensor in on the gearbox

Okay Stuart, i will make that the first thing to look at, many thanks !

sinbin5t · 05-07-17, 04:17 PM

So, after playing around in a red hot car i eliminated the gearbox sensor, i did this by putting another set of clocks in the car and the speedo worked perfectly.
I was thinking

need new clocks, then i decided to put the other clocks back in just to see what they did, oddly enough the speedo now behaves and is steady, this leads me to think that while putting the clocks back in i somehow managed to disturb the speedo plug (as we all know they can be awkward to get back in sometimes) so now it's wait and see how it goes.

04-07-17, 07:07 PM	#2
fourringsrus Grown up member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ashford Kent Posts: 468	Speed sensor on gearbox?? Remember if you end up changing binnacle, you need to to stay with v6 and probably need to stay auto

04-07-17, 07:45 PM	#4
vorsprung durch technik 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Near Watford. Posts: 7,753	I know your a strong bloke but you'll have to stop lifting the car up and running with it flintstone style.

05-07-17, 04:17 PM	#9
sinbin5t 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Where a spike points skywards Posts: 12,960	So, after playing around in a red hot car i eliminated the gearbox sensor, i did this by putting another set of clocks in the car and the speedo worked perfectly. I was thinking need new clocks, then i decided to put the other clocks back in just to see what they did, oddly enough the speedo now behaves and is steady, this leads me to think that while putting the clocks back in i somehow managed to disturb the speedo plug (as we all know they can be awkward to get back in sometimes) so now it's wait and see how it goes.