help speedo

[dantae]

hi all i have a 1996 2.0 turbo excutive, the speedo plays up now and again, when it does it just drops to 0 and then jumps with a clicking sound, i have read the threads saying it could be the box behind the glove box, and dry solder joints, or the sender on the gearbox, and also the speedo cable its self if fitted,so any help would be appreceated, also any photos of the joints that need slodering, also can any one tell me what the diffarence is between a d8 and a d9 , thanks

[teamster1975]

Hi Dantae

To be honest I re-ran every joint on the instrument cluster; there were no obvious dry joints but re-doing the entire lot did cure the fault.
D8/D9 is froggy speak for Mk1/Mk2! Obvious difference is the D8's have a front grill that looks like venetian blinds, & D9's have a honeycomb grill.

[dantae]

well just resoldered all the joints on the circit board, so will be testing it tomorrow so fingers crossed, also my car was never fitted with the speedo box behind the glovebox, so i now have a spare one if anyone wants it, just pm me your address and i will send it to you free of charge, it was given to me as working but i can not test it so if anyone wants to have it you are welcome to it, phil

[teamster1975]

Fingers crossed Phil!
Oh I forgot to mention; you know the pronged metal strip that secures the flat cable to that riser board? I also squashed the prongs in to give better contact.