MGF SPEEDO PROBLEMS...
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Hi All,
I have an MGF 1998 which I bought back in Feb this year, great little car and lots of fun to drive!
I have had various small issues from overheating to lights not working properly, all of which the problems were solved by you guys on here...much love!
The next issue to plague my driving pleasure is the speedo no longer works which in turn deactivates the power steering so you have to stop and pull the 70 amp fuse under the bonnet every now and again, then its all good for a while! I have had everything changed from the speedo drive gear, all 3 sections of the speedo cable, all the way through to replacing the instrument cluster in the dash...still doesn't work. 2 different garages have diagnosed it as totally different problems, neither seem true especially as I have just fitted the replacement cluster and conducted an experiment myself.
I disconnected the speedo cable from the rear of the replacement cluster and took a short drive with the end of the cable to hand...the square drive inside the cable does not rotate as it should do! as everything has been replaced it must be a problem inside the gearbox itself but what would this be??? how much to fix it??? where???
any help much appreciated!
cheers,
Kev
I have an MGF 1998 which I bought back in Feb this year, great little car and lots of fun to drive!
I have had various small issues from overheating to lights not working properly, all of which the problems were solved by you guys on here...much love!
The next issue to plague my driving pleasure is the speedo no longer works which in turn deactivates the power steering so you have to stop and pull the 70 amp fuse under the bonnet every now and again, then its all good for a while! I have had everything changed from the speedo drive gear, all 3 sections of the speedo cable, all the way through to replacing the instrument cluster in the dash...still doesn't work. 2 different garages have diagnosed it as totally different problems, neither seem true especially as I have just fitted the replacement cluster and conducted an experiment myself.
I disconnected the speedo cable from the rear of the replacement cluster and took a short drive with the end of the cable to hand...the square drive inside the cable does not rotate as it should do! as everything has been replaced it must be a problem inside the gearbox itself but what would this be??? how much to fix it??? where???
any help much appreciated!
cheers,
Kev
Possibly better off posting this on one of the MG forums, such as the MGF register, MG-rover.org etc.
Any, it looks like someone else has the same problem as you, some pointers in here, and he finally fixed it.
http://www.mgfregister.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...
Any, it looks like someone else has the same problem as you, some pointers in here, and he finally fixed it.
http://www.mgfregister.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...
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