What Davie said.

Makes fitting a touch easier :lol:

usually x16xe gsi's have a 2 piece speedo cable that splits just behind the inlet manifold, then the second section goes into the box, ive got the section from the middle to the speedo if you need it

Looks like tomorrow is going to be a Looooong day! :)

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction mate

Yeah early X16 are cable, probably more of a difficult job on an early shell as the battery tray doesn't move.

I don't think you'll get at it easy either way to be honest :lol:

Might be better off taking the battery out and having ago from the top

[Edited on 05-11-2012 by Darryl H]

You can see where it attatches in this picture. To get a bearing of where it is the starter motor goes where that fat hole is :lol:

Thanks Darryl, gives me an idea where to look in the morning, can it be got from underneath? As there's loads of stuff in the way at the top

It screws in down by the linkage Mark. To left of where the linkage goes in to the selector :thumbs:

Should screw in there

No offence mate, but its my car, it's a M reg Gsi with an X16XE fitted, It clearly has a cable driven speedo.

X16xe ran lecky clocks, the sensor may need a wiggle, the gsi (C16xe) was cable :thumbs:


...oh and the same thing happend on my old lecky X16, gave it a wiggle and it was back in action

[Edited on 05-11-2012 by Jed D]

It would appear I have an issue with my speedo cable as driving home earlier on the motorway saw me go from 70mph to nothing without a loss of speed.
Now I've removed the clocks and everything seems ok behind there, but with the winter nights drawing in early, I can't see where the cable joins the box.

Does anyone have a diagram of where the speedo cable joins the gearbox?

Is it common for the cable to just give up without any signs?