Foooooooook.....

Ok this is what I did:-

Took the old clocks (speedo etc) out of the dash, unclipped the speedo cable and plug, all good so far.

Put in some new clocks of which I'd just painted the needles. The thing is I took the speedo needle off (probably a BIG mistake), I put it back on what I thought was right, I've gone to put the clocks back in and as there is no room at all I managed to get the plug back in then the speedo or so I thought. Tried to adjust the clocks to fit them back in place and the plug fell out and about 3 inches off wire from within the speedo cable came out, still attached to the back of the speedo...... at that point I thought nutsack! <--- hehe that's NOT what I wrote

Anyway I managed to clip it all back in place but I don't think it's right, went for a little drive and either my 0-60 time has dropped dramatically or I've done something wrong.

They look ace, blue leds, red luminous needles.... shame it don't work

HELP.

Nick.

 

Take a look at your old clocks with the clear plastic cover off them.

Put your finger under the speedo needle where it sits at zero, move the needle upto about 60 mph and then let it go, it should drop straight down and maybe bounce a little and then settle in 1 spot, make a note of exactly where it settles.

Now take the plastic cover off your new clocks and repeat the same steps and see how it stops, you may not have put the needle on in the right place and this should determine how far out you are, take the needle off and put it backon again until it does exactly the same as the old clocks.

This should sort it for you, pop the clocks back in (it doesnt matter if the cable comes out of the end of the holder cos when the holder gets clipped back in place it will be ok) and take the car out for a spin with a mate in a car beside you, now check that your speedo reads the same ( give or take a bit) as your mate's

hope this helps

cheers

Rich

 

Yeah I think it's no more than 5mph out give or take 1mph either way. I'll try this out tonight, in traffic I'm showing around 24-26mph when I'd imagine they are all travelling around 30mph.

Cheers mate

Nick.

 

It's officially 8mph out, I'm going 30mph and the speedo reads 22mph..... just done the driving at the side of a mate test

Nick.

 

I stalked a learner driver for about 20 mins, I think I'm within 1mph of being spot on, I can live with that, the needle is about 1mm off sitting on the pin when stationary, but again I can live with that.

Nick