Broken trip meter

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classic2cv
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Broken trip meter

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when the trip meter was working it used to be a bit of a fiddle to reset it

somtimes it would zero first press but most of the time i had to jiggle the button about until one day when i jabbed at it (not in a good mode that day) :evil:

now it reads around 750 miles al the time

have i broken it for good or is it fixable ?
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Post by MULLEY »

I've had a bust trip before.

On examining it once out of the pod, you could clearly see that the plastic gears were mashed & thats why the damn thing was stuck & wouldnt turn over.

The only solution is to get a replacement speedo (you can swap the mileomotor drums over so that the car retains its original mileage), worked a treat on mine.
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2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
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