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speedo cable needed

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:16 pm
by Speedy88
The super wobbly needle of speed decided to die after 10,000 miles of bouncing. Probably need a new one, asap please :)

Re: speedo cable needed

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:44 am
by volvodspec
if you want a brandnew one, get in contact with www.dafhobby.nl we've had them all made (except for 343/345 2.0) price is somewhat around €30, don't know for sure.

Re: speedo cable needed

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 11:34 am
by filthyjohn
^^^ Including RHD?

Re: speedo cable needed

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:01 pm
by volvodspec
good call!!
well i thought the length was the same; LHD goes to left front wheel, RHD to right front wheel? but not sure on that; if it goes to right front wheel in a RHD they're the same

Re: speedo cable needed

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:06 pm
by filthyjohn
Sadly not, it goes to the LHF in RHD too. :(

Re: speedo cable needed

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:09 pm
by trabitom99
Part numbers are definitely different for LHD and RHD cars, I'm pretty sure that's to do with the different cable lengths ...

Tom

Re: speedo cable needed

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:09 pm
by volvodspec
hmm..
well, technically you could drill out the hole in the front right strut and get a bracket to hold the speedo cable, similar to the one on the left.

otherwise the lhd cable's don't fit :(

Re: speedo cable needed

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:10 pm
by macplaxton
I have a sneaky suspicion that they need to be longer. ;)

Speedycables? or Speedograph Richfield?

(I did get a RHD spec choke cable from NL which turned out to be 7cm shorter than the one one the car (which looked like it'd be replaced once before in only 14k miles, when it was 3 years old). Nothing a bit of re-routing couldn't accomplish, but the original route was a long and torturous one!)