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Hi guys,

My van has developed an amazing new deafening rattling noise, but for the first time in the history of such noises it doesn't sound expensive... (phew) just annoying.

Coming from the dashboard! Speedo has always made a slight ticking noise, now a LOUD clacking.

Any ideas/recommendations/easy fixes?

If your speedo is broken I have one I was going to chuck it on ebay as the weekend, it might have a couple of screw holes broken though.

maybe the cable is broken / not connected correctly does the speedo work?

year of van?..early had screw on speedo cables.late had push on...

mine is a push on

Make sure cable is well pushed in or screwed on (depending on type) and its going into the back of the speedo at 90 degrees with no kinks or bends.
The later push on type seem to get this problem as they have a nylon centre running through the cable and over time is not as flexible as it used to be.

1982 (air cooled)

Easy to get at the mechanism? Gonna have to consult my haynes I guess wanted to gauge easiness of task + any tools

No tools needed to check, just pop off dash cover and its behind the speedo!

I had the same clicking noise with mine. The cable wasn't pushed on properly behind the binnacle. In my case it had to pushed on REALLY hard. Gone completely now. Whip the cover off, push it in. The original 30 seconfd fix.

i think an 82 will be a screw on fitting...

Whip the cover off, push it in. The original 30 seconfd fix.

Push on on mine Had a wee fiddle and a poke - if i push it on hard makes a worse noise sprayed both bits with a bit of WD40 and pushed together so the screeching seemed to stop - at least i now know how to fix if it happens again - do like noises like this that DON'T = money/tools/time/hassle!

Thanks all!

Steve