Sticking speedo on S1

[yppush]

Hi

My speedo keeps stopping working, when you start engine the arm flicks up to around the 5mph mark and then stays there. The rest of the stack instruments seem fine.

Anyone know what this is?

Thanks

[spiralp]

Could be the sender near the rear nearside wheel. I have just rewired the sender on my wife's S1 - 5 years old.

You will need to remove the wheel to see it. The wire comes from inside the engine bay, along the wishbone to the hub. It attaches to the sender at a strange angle which, in my case, caused the wire to break.

[fergusd]

Sounds like the needle is sticking (Doh !) . . . unlikely to be the sender . . . Stacks are fairly cr@p in terms of reliability unfortunately, and dismantling them can be difficult without breaking the front glass.

I'd try taking it to someone who's good at taking things to bits without breaking them and asking them to have a go, OR leave it alone . . .

Fd
www.lotusecosse.com
www.team-scottish-elises.co.uk

[james24]

fergusd said:

I'd try taking it to someone who's good at taking things to bits without breaking them

Sorry for laughing but I can just imagine it, someone having a degree in 'Taking things to bits without breaking them!' I know what you mean though mate Maybe I'm just strange for picking up on it

>> Edited by james24 on Saturday 17th April 13:19

[steff]

Dont you just need to reset the Stack?

All you do is press and hold the reset button on the side of the steering column (next to ignition)and at the same time turn the electrics on (but don't start the engine)and the speedo should go back to zero.