Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Right here goes.
Since having the XE put into my corsa,ive never had a working speedo(lazyness) so yesterday i decided to bite the bullet and sort it.
Went to the scrappies and got tigra clocks and the matching cable and the speedo drive.
The car was ellecy speedo to start with so when i tried to find the grommit in the bulkhead to feed it through i found out there wasnt 1.So i had to feed it thro as close to where it would be on a grommit which had a batch of wires.Got it all feed throught fine after numerous times under the car and in the cabin.But it was very tight.It was working fine but due to the shortness of the cable,when i was selecting 4th u felt it pulling on the cable.stayed in gear fine tho.But eventually it snapped after u good few pulls.
So what i want to know is,can i fit a longer cable from something else that will have a bit more play in it??By looking at the cable and speedo drive,im thinking maybe 1 from an astra gsi or the likes would be fine??Or is theyr a difference between the tigra cable i have and a corsa cable??Surely they would just be the same as theyr practically the same car.
If it was a couple of inches longer it would be fine.
Cheers,Nik
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pow
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Does the car have ABS?
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FruitBooTeR
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Can you not just find a speedo cable from an F20
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ed
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Do a proper job, drill through the pedal box and put a gromet in the hole and route the cable properly.
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B3KAN
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Why didnt you just keep the electronic clocks and just get the correct transponder 
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Corsa_Sport21
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@ Fruitbooter:thats what im thinking,just need to know if its gonna be long enough.
@ ed:Not worth the hassle.There just isnt enough space and tbh i dont think that would sort the problem as theyr are other bits in the way.Ive got it routed as close to where it would be(infact id say it was closer to the gearbox) and its still tight.
@ B3KAN:Wanted the orange needle 140mph clocks.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Oh sorry POW,nah no abs.
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Torsa g
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Registered: 20th Sep 07
Location: Tamworth. Rides: An OSTRIDGE
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ive used a cav speedo cable
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B3KAN
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21@ B3KAN:Wanted the orange needle 140mph clocks.
Thats what i have  and mine are electronic on my xe 
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marklawton
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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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quote:
Originally posted by B3KAN
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21@ B3KAN:Wanted the orange needle 140mph clocks.
Thats what i have and mine are electronic on my xe
i thought all the tigra orange needle ones where electric?
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Corsa_Sport21
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Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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No some were ellecy and some cable.
Think maybe all the 1600 sports had eleccy clocks tho.
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