I forgot your southern folk have them there big ol' tunnels.
Meh, Move to the Territory and never worry about mechanical speedo's again
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| Author: | Muchea199 [ Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Speedo stopped working |
Hey guys was driving last night and my speedo stopped working How would I fix it ? Cheers |
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| Author: | boostedbrick [ Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
What are you driving? If its a sierra, check the speedo cable is still attached to the transfer.. If it is, check it is still attached to the back of the cluster. |
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| Author: | Zook_Fan [ Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
And if the cable has snapped somewhere in between you can normally hear the two broken ends clicking as one spins |
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| Author: | Ben_Sierra [ Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
I've got a spare speedo cable if you need one... |
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| Author: | sogone [ Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
I just f*cked mine off and got one of these GPS speedometer. never have to worry about tyre size again. |
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| Author: | Ben_Sierra [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
Is that an ADR compliant speedo? |
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| Author: | sogone [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
Yes. |
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| Author: | Ben_Sierra [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
And what happens when you can't get a gps fix or it drops out, you have no speedo? |
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| Author: | sogone [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
I've run one in various cars for a about 2 years or so, and not once had problems running it. A bloke in katherine called Luke, pretty sure Shep knows him, has run one for a few years in his old toyota Zombies and never had problems. As everyone knows we have some pretty awkward terrain up here and in the wet season have rain clouds thicker then maple syrup, and not once have I ever lost signal. Pretty sure Droopz hasn't lost signal in his Zombies either. |
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| Author: | sogone [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
And come to think of it after initial lock on GPS i've NEVER had a signal drop out on me. And that's going bow hunting in rain through arnhem land, daly river plains, fishing numerous rivers ie. daly, aligators, roper, margaret, wildman, adealide, katherine, fishing the Timor Trench, The tiwi islands, Vernon islands. Basically everywhere in the Territory. So that points pretty moot. |
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| Author: | boostedbrick [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
GPS would be sweet in Darwin.. Then you come to Brisbane and try to drive something like the clem7, thats full of speed cameras and your GPS doesn't work.. I use a GPS speedo on my phone... And try avoid tunnels... |
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| Author: | tanshi [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
Doubt they would work in the bigger citys of the world where we have things called Tunnels |
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| Author: | sogone [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
I forgot your southern folk have them there big ol' tunnels. Meh, Move to the Territory and never worry about mechanical speedo's again
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| Author: | Ben_Sierra [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
Not just tunnels, even in built up area with lots of big buildings GPS can be unreliable at best... |
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| Author: | Muchea199 [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
Were do I get one of these gps speedo from and how much |
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| Author: | Ben_Sierra [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:11 am ] |
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There's an ebay link above. Although I can just about guarantee that they are not ADR compliant and therefore not legal. |
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| Author: | CairnsZook [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
Ben_Sierra wrote: Although I can just about guarantee that they are not ADR compliant and therefore not legal.
Exactly, they are not legal, so your car will not pass a roadworthy inspection if the standard speedo is not working. They are however (in my opinion), accurate enough for you not to get done by a speed camera.* *As long as you are not: - driving in a tunnel - near tall buildings - under a very thick forest canopy - at, or close to the poles, where satellite coverage is not too good - during a time of greater than normal sunspot activity - during a time of "political unrest" i.e., the yanks "may" degrade the position accuracy... 
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| Author: | TryHard [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Speedo stopped working |
CairnsZook wrote: Ben_Sierra wrote: Although I can just about guarantee that they are not ADR compliant and therefore not legal. Exactly, they are not legal, so your car will not pass a roadworthy inspection if the standard speedo is not working. They are however (in my opinion), accurate enough for you not to get done by a speed camera.* *As long as you are not: - driving in a tunnel - near tall buildings - under a very thick forest canopy - at, or close to the poles, where satellite coverage is not too good - during a time of greater than normal sunspot activity - during a time of "political unrest" i.e., the yanks "may" degrade the position accuracy... hahah |
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