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16th Apr, 2013 at 06:40:08am

Hi,

Just had a speedo cable snap on me. It was from my old 998 engine. The cable itself must of been 10 years old. Didn't last long on the turbo. I'm guessing it's just one of those things but thought I'd pop a thread on here. There's not a special one out there that I am supposed to be using? I've got the center speedo type, also changed the worm gear and pinion to suit the set up.

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stoke on trent

16th Apr, 2013 at 06:49:23am

Nope but as with anything mini related they rot they wear and become frail

Edited by dev 11 on 16th Apr, 2013.


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16th Apr, 2013 at 06:52:13am

Yep, me and a couple of others have all had problems with center speedo cables from minispares 'made in Britain'. Moss Europe sell a foreign made (forget where) and all replacements so far have been ok. British rubbish! *blush*


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16th Apr, 2013 at 07:14:04am

I broke loads of cables and 4 speedos on the Sprint, I dont bother fitting a cable anymore

I seriously doubt it!

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16th Apr, 2013 at 10:40:32am

Ok, thanks guys.

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16th Apr, 2013 at 11:08:23am

I fitted a brand new cable, checked about 10 times it was located properly in both ends, it would work perfectly when cold, when the engine started to warm up it would start to show a greatly reduced speed, eventually dropping off altogether :/

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16th Apr, 2013 at 11:25:24am

One of the funniest things I saw was when I took a workmate for a spin in the Sprint one lunchtime, the speedo needle was back round at 0 and started squealing then actually fell off

I seriously doubt it!

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16th Apr, 2013 at 11:31:47am

mine snapped at the clock end under accseleration havent botheres to replace it , just use the stnav


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16th Apr, 2013 at 11:57:07am


think of all the extra weight you could have saved if you removed that stop pin!

On 16th Apr, 2013 paul wiginton said:
One of the funniest things I saw was when I took a workmate for a spin in the Sprint one lunchtime, the speedo needle was back round at 0 and started squealing then actually fell off

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brookwood woking

16th Apr, 2013 at 05:11:22pm

Yes I had this, it snapped 3 times, so I went for a sorter cable and looked at how it was routed, I found there was not so clean bends in it. now its been working fine.

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