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Old 26-12-2006, 01:53 PM
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Hi in order to fit my Stack tacho, I have to remove the clocks from my 3 door Sierra. Are there any tricks so as not to damage the speedo? I previously tried taking the clocks off, and the only thing stopping me was the connection tube/cable to the tacho and to the speedo.

Are there any special tricks to make sure I dont damage the speedo side? What sort of connection is the tacho side? Is it only a vaccum hose?

Any help mucho appreciated !
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squeeze the white plastic and pull like fuck,,,,, you wont break it and it will come off
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I dont think we neeed to know what you do behind closed doors!



OH.. do you mean the tacho side?
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it only comes off one way, there will be a bit of the clip thats springy and this is the bit you need to squeeze
then pull and it should "hopefully" pop off
you may find that the inside of the cable will come out, this means a bit nasty mess of a clean up so make sure you factor this into the equation when doing the strip down, nothing worse than a greasy mark all over your intrior
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i might be wrong but if you undo it from the gear box end it give you a bit more room to pull out the clock and see what you are doing , it worked for me on my van
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you can push the cable through enough through the bulkhead without having to remove it from the gearbox end

also, the 3 doors have a different abs light set up so it might not be the same twist and pull connection as the saphs
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