Jonny.N
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Registered: 10th Sep 08
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awrite, my mates got a valver recently and his speedo doesnt work, can anyone shed any light on it? ive had a look and can see its plugged into the box, havent got a clue where else to start, cheers
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corsa.kid
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Registered: 26th Feb 10
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need more info m8 is it mech/elec
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Ste M
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Registered: 28th Oct 09
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Try a different speedo?
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Jonny.N
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dunno if its elec or mech mate, its originally a 1.6 sport , not tryed a diffrent speedo, will say to him, just thought it was a bit strange how everything else on the clocks work except speedo
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nad123
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Registered: 25th Jun 09
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if the clocks are cable they will start from 10mph electric start at 0
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Jonny.N
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cant really remember but its all the original 1.6 sport spec etc, as far as i know,
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Ste M
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The car I bought, the Fuel and Temp gauge failed to work. I swapped the entire speedo and it solved the problem. This was after I screwed about with the temp sender, etc, ripping up the back bench and carpet trying to check the connections, when all along it was a dodgy speedo.
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Jonny.N
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i know what your getting at mate, but everything else works on the clocks, speedo fuel.temp etc, just the speedo itself doesnt, anything easy i can do or check b4 he starts spending money
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Ste M
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Try it. Source another speedo. Either completely swap the 'speed' bit of it, or just slap in the new entire speedo, which is probably the cheapest and easiest way dude. Pretty sure someone is selling one right now for £15 posted.
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Jonny.N
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ill have a look, could it be the little bit in the box? maybe the wrong one? can someone list what could be the problem and where roughly they are, thanks
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alan-g-w
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You need to find out if the clocks are mech or elec then find out what gearbox is in it. I wouldnt go swapping the clocks yet, it might need a transducer on the gearbox
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Jonny.N
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How do i tell what gearbox it is?
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reecegsi
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Look at the gearbox straight down in the engine bay it will say in a little square give it a wipe usually dirty it will be ie f16, f18 or f20
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corsadonk
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Registered: 4th Jul 09
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What year is the Sport? The best way to tell it look at the top of the gearbox by the linkage. If it's a thick grey cable then it's cable drive, the cable could be broken, just new cable and drive from a corsa.
Or it's more likely to be a electric one, in that case you'll need one of these from a 8v corsa with electric speedo.
I've got one for sale by the way. 
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0775kieran
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I had this problem with elec speedo and it was a loose earth so make sure there all tight.
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Jabba
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check the simple thing first like a fuse
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8vcorsa
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the 1.6 is elec all 1.6 sports iv known have been elec and i got a 1.6 sport aswell and had my clocks out and all that and its elec and my m8s 1.6 is
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Jonny.N
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i read up on migweb i think, that its on the same fuse as the reverse lights, which work, so still stumped
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
You need to find out if the clocks are mech or elec then find out what gearbox is in it. I wouldnt go swapping the clocks yet, it might need a transducer on the gearbox
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Jonny.N
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the clocks are electric, and we have tryed changing them, still no diffrence, we noticed tho, as soon as its started the speedo flicks down the way ever so slightly.
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alan-g-w
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What gearbox are you running?
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Jonny.N
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dont know yet, cant seem to find where it tells you,
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corsa-vxr
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does the plug going into the gearbox look like the picture above if not then itll be the speedo off the 1.6 loom either get the transducer ie pic above with plug and connect that up or buy cable driven clocks buy a speedo cable no more than a tenner screw to the box plug into the clocks and itll work
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