clbarclay
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| posted on 25/2/05 at 04:04 PM |
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Speedometer drive
What are people using for running speedo of from a type 2 gearbox?
Below is the picture ilustrating how there is not enough room for the standard escort drive cable.
The cable only just fits and is tight up agains the side of the transmission tunnel.
Can you get suitable 90 degree bends to to go onto the gearbox and are there shorted speedo cables that can still be used with the origional escort
speedo?
[Edited on 25/2/05 by clbarclay]
 
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 25/2/05 at 07:46 PM |
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I have the same setup as you do, and I run my cable under the car and it's 'P' clipped to the underside.
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
Latest Picture (14 Sept 2014)
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clbarclay
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| posted on 25/2/05 at 11:09 PM |
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Good one
Thanks
Looked at feeding cable down, but hadn't thought abou a p-clip to stop it straying to close to the black stuff.
[Edited on 25/2/05 by clbarclay]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 26/2/05 at 08:30 PM |
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A skid plate wouldn't go wrong.
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A.J
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| posted on 26/2/05 at 09:09 PM |
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I used a 90 degree take off which connected on the gearbox using the spring clip assembly. I used a Speedo cable off a 1300 Fiesta. This cable has a
push fit which matched up with the original MK2 clocks I used. The other end connected onto the 90 degree takes off with the union nut.
I found the Speedo reading at first was erratic. To get a steady reading I found it was necessary to sleeve the first 300mm of the cable. This cut
down any movement from the take off device. I used small diameter water hose cut down the middle and placed over the cable at the union end. To hold
it in place I rapped electrical insulation tape around it.
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clbarclay
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| posted on 26/2/05 at 09:24 PM |
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BT what do you mean by a skid plate, do you mean a plate below the cable as it goes under the chassis?
A.J
Where did you source the 90degree unit from?
The fiesta cable idea sounds excelant as i'm planning on using the escort clocks as well, pitty the old fiesta I had was desposed of a year
ago.
[Edited on 26/2/05 by clbarclay]
[Edited on 26/2/05 by clbarclay]
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