Speedo broken

maxgreenwood · Post by **maxgreenwood** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:04 pm

Last night my speedo broke. It started moving about erratically then died and I now have a clicking from behind the dash which increases with speed. Could I be lucky and something has just become disconnected? What's the procedure? Dash out and investigate? Is it hard?

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:15 pm

Centre upper tray out, mirror switch housing out - reach around the back of the dial pod from each side and if you're lucky it'll be held on with two plastic wingnuts (you need small hands for this). If you're unlucky, it'll be held on with two M6 nuts (you'll need small hands and an equally small spanner). Undo these and the two torx/posi drive screws at the bottom of the pod above the steering cowling. It will make things easier if you remove the steering wheel too. The pod should come away, though only so far as the cable is what holds it back before the wiring takes tension - if it comes away easily and almost in your lap the cable's broken! If the cable is still connected and engaged, it sounds like the speedo unit itself as you say there is an audible clicking, unless of course the square cable head has broken from the main cable.

maxgreenwood · Post by **maxgreenwood** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:25 pm

Thanks for that Kitch that should make progress a bit swifter. I need to take the steering wheel off anyway to realign.