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who knows where the glue goes?....

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still trying to get the dead as a dodometer going.......
opened up the dash -
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there it sits
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driven by 'a small plastic worm drive' - so i've heard -
the 2 small black plastic wheels directly behind it?
can just see them behind the spring in photo below - with odo button pressed in -
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also has these white cogs at the top -
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have heard that you can apply a spot of superglue on the end of a pin to stop the 'cog spinning on the spindle' -
any idea where that might be on the photos above?
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http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/broke ... 53757.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Pics of what i did here still going strong nearly 3 years later :D
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an excellent 'how to'
thanks
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In addition to itchyfeets excellent write-up, I've tried this method from ajsimmo and mines working fine. Here's a link to the thread (2nd from bottom of last page):

https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... 2&start=15" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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a neat alternative -
cheers
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Heads up = I did that to fix mine. Then I tested it by connecting the main drive input to my cordless drill via a bit of "whittled" down dowelling. Then, when I pulled the drill trigger the whole speedo leapt out of my hand onto a pile of stuff on the floor and wrecked the tiny hair spring that returns the needle to zero, :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

One "pre owned" speedo later I was back in business,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, For a couple of hundred miles, now the replacement is doing the same thing :evil: :evil: And just when I wanted to check MPG with my new "closed loop" LPG upgrade :evil: :evil:

The annoying thing was that I knew I had fixed the first one and did not really need to test it :evil: :evil:

Our Scirocco one has the same issue = I will be an expert at this soon ;)
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'i'll just make sure it works....'
:lol:
hey ho
has to be done -
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