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dale87

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2nd May 08 at 13:50

Finally got round to doing my 2.0 XE conversion and i noticed that the gearbox that is fitted to my 1.6 engine has no speedo cable and no tranducer thing coming out of it only the reverse light switch. Where it would normally be just looks blanked off. Any ideas how the speedo knew how fast i was going with no connection to the gearbox?

[Edited on 02-05-2008 by dale87]

pow

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2nd May 08 at 14:28

ABS sensor if it had ABS

dale87

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2nd May 08 at 14:33

Yes the car has abs, so can the speed signal come from the sensors?

luke85

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2nd May 08 at 16:30

No you cant get it from one of the sensors, you would have to find the speed output from the ABS ECU, I tried but couldn't find the wire and did it the hard way with the F28.

Are you on an F20 and did you find the transducer on the old gearbox?

dale87

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3rd May 08 at 12:05

I'm using the F20 gearbox and no the old gearbox was blanked off where it should have a tranducer or speed cable.

dale87

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4th May 08 at 15:17

anyone got any ideas? will my speedo dial still work?

dale87

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6th May 08 at 18:15

Anyone?

phil_sutton

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6th May 08 at 19:37

Cant believe no one has told you yet, its a bit of common sense really. Think about it, your speed comes direct off your wheels on your car and therefore swapping an engine wont change that and thus you will still get a speed reading, exactly as before.

pow

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6th May 08 at 21:40

Yes the ABS sensor will give the speed, and yes they will still read

dale87

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8th May 08 at 19:24

cheers

pow

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9th May 08 at 07:39

quote:
Originally posted by phil_sutton
Cant believe no one has told you yet, its a bit of common sense really. Think about it, your speed comes direct off your wheels on your car and therefore swapping an engine wont change that and thus you will still get a speed reading, exactly as before.

Only just noticed this reply, bit harsh IMO.

phil_sutton

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9th May 08 at 14:16

wasnt meant to be harsh really, sorry it came across that way.

pow

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9th May 08 at 14:19

Thats cool, you have balls coming back and saying that!