VERY basic question...broken speedo

[simon996]

hi,

this is going to sound like a real numpty question so appologies in advance ... i was up at bedford at the weekend doing the easytrack day in my 1600 roadsport (fantastic day btw - fully recommend ET days). early on in the day the speedo stopped working which was fine for the track day but a bit poor driving back home up the M4 with all those gatso's to worry about.

had a quick look/feel behind dash but there doesn't seem to be a 'cable' as such going to the gearbox or some such. just wondered if anyone knows how they work (electronic sender or something?) - if there's an obvious place i should look for a broken connection and/or if there's a fuse that may have gone?

cheers, si.

[Incorrigible]

Yep, electronic sender at the back of the gearbox

Actually it's a mechanical take off on the box, the bit that turns it into an electrionic signal is bolted onto that

Assuming it's a long box RS1600 like mine, there may be other options

[rubystone]

Mine packed up on the second lap of Brands GP trackday some weeks ago. Turned out that it had unscrewed itself from the gearbox end - check that out first...but be warned, the angle it's at makes it very very difficult to reattach without having the car up on a 4 poster - I borrowed my local garage's one to reattach mine

[simon996]

great - thanks for the info lads. i'll check it out.
si.