Owners of 1993 and 1994 cars please........
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YES THEY DO!
Including some of the Griffs built at the same time. But and it is a big but, not all of them. Only a certian batch/type of instrumentation was affected. As TVR have changed the instrumentation more times than I've had hot dinners, it is difficult to say which car have them from this time period except if it clicks you have a clicking speedo.
See the Griff and Chimaera bible for the gory details. It is well documented.
You have several choices:
Accept it and enjoy the other noises that the car makes:
Sell it and buy a newer one.
Spend a lot of money either getting someone to strip and modify the current unit or fit a complete set of new instruments which is around about £1200 which is why most people take option 1 or 2.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
PS If the instruemt you have is the original that has been repaired, then it might be worth asking the question of why it is doing it now and can anything be done to it. I suspect that either your unit was replaced with another one as it was not repairable or that something has moved internally that has enabled the noise to reappear.
>> Edited by shpub on Monday 2nd September 16:18
Including some of the Griffs built at the same time. But and it is a big but, not all of them. Only a certian batch/type of instrumentation was affected. As TVR have changed the instrumentation more times than I've had hot dinners, it is difficult to say which car have them from this time period except if it clicks you have a clicking speedo.
See the Griff and Chimaera bible for the gory details. It is well documented.
You have several choices:
Accept it and enjoy the other noises that the car makes:
Sell it and buy a newer one.
Spend a lot of money either getting someone to strip and modify the current unit or fit a complete set of new instruments which is around about £1200 which is why most people take option 1 or 2.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
PS If the instruemt you have is the original that has been repaired, then it might be worth asking the question of why it is doing it now and can anything be done to it. I suspect that either your unit was replaced with another one as it was not repairable or that something has moved internally that has enabled the noise to reappear.
>> Edited by shpub on Monday 2nd September 16:18
Steve
I didn't disbelieve your answer on the other thread I just wanted to get some input from others. What I don't understand is why it didn't click before (before it broke) and why it didn't click for the first 50 or so miles when it worked but was silent.
Hmmmm. I don't think I can live with it........
Dave
I didn't disbelieve your answer on the other thread I just wanted to get some input from others. What I don't understand is why it didn't click before (before it broke) and why it didn't click for the first 50 or so miles when it worked but was silent.
Hmmmm. I don't think I can live with it........
Dave
BOOOO HISSSSS etc etc 
You car has had a speedo change then and I suspect it probably had one of the later instrument sets if it doesn't look out of place. The clicking ones were the black TVR dials.
Yes the odometer doesn't click with these but a tape or CD filled with 80 minutes of the Worlds Best Clicks can be mailed to your home at no extra cost, including unforgettable songs like:
"Clicky Clicky Bang Bang"
"Peggy Sue" by Buddy Holly and the Clickets
"Click me with your rhythm stick"
Steve..... who is definitely losing it (in a I've been out in the sun too much way)
>> Edited by shpub on Monday 2nd September 16:45
You car has had a speedo change then and I suspect it probably had one of the later instrument sets if it doesn't look out of place. The clicking ones were the black TVR dials.
Yes the odometer doesn't click with these but a tape or CD filled with 80 minutes of the Worlds Best Clicks can be mailed to your home at no extra cost, including unforgettable songs like:
"Clicky Clicky Bang Bang"
"Peggy Sue" by Buddy Holly and the Clickets
"Click me with your rhythm stick"
Steve..... who is definitely losing it (in a I've been out in the sun too much way)
>> Edited by shpub on Monday 2nd September 16:45
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I'm with yum on this one, I've got the digital mileometer which is the next best thing to useless, but it doesn't clickbut then at the moment my whole speedo is pretty useless, see Pesamistic Speedo Thread, come on Steve enligthen me on how to fix/take off a speed sender?
You buy a new one to match the speedo. Unless you have access to an oscilloscope you can't test and fix this thing easily. The sensor is either a Hall effect or magnetic and will either create a pulse through a current change or directly generated voltage pulse. Depending on the speedo head, you may have a different sensor.
The sensor is around £150 and many have bought them and then found the problem to be with the speedo which can then cost another £300. Get it checked out by someone with the right gear before spending any hard earned cash. It could either be the speedo or the sensor or the set up or a wiring connection or even the ECU causing the signal to be grounded.
Can you do this at home? Difficult unless you have a scope and are pretty familiar with electronics. About the only thing you can do is clean the sensor and look for dodgy connections. The rear wheels need to be moving fast before the sensor will pick up which makes checking this a little dangerous as well.
If the speedo is not reading right it may be that the sensor is missing pulses, generating more pulses than normal (uncommon fault but has been known) or simply needs recalibrating in which case buying a new sensor is great for the supplier but a waste of time for you as there is nothing wrong with it. How do you know? Back to the scope again! Some speedo people can supply a box that adjust the number of pulses or others play with the speedo itself. If the speedo is a stepper motor then the box is the only way. Other earlier types can often be adjusted internally.
Steve
>> Edited by shpub on Monday 2nd September 16:56
>> Edited by shpub on Monday 2nd September 17:01
........mine is an early one (door opening knob in same single recess as the handbrake / gearknob) and does have black ring dials with grey background.
Still don't understand why it was silent when the old one worked and silent for first 50 miles of new one (I keep saying this - I'm like a bl**dy parrot !!)
Dave
Still don't understand why it was silent when the old one worked and silent for first 50 miles of new one (I keep saying this - I'm like a bl**dy parrot !!)
Dave
Silly question Dex, I'm working on the asumption that this is post repair?
Have you got back to the peeps that carried out the replacement/repair work? Tell them you're not happy with the replaced/repaired speedo etc and can they do something about it? If you've payed good money then you're entitled to expect a certain level of service.
Apologise if the above has already been covered, usual disclaimers...IMHO etc....
Harry
Have you got back to the peeps that carried out the replacement/repair work? Tell them you're not happy with the replaced/repaired speedo etc and can they do something about it? If you've payed good money then you're entitled to expect a certain level of service.
Apologise if the above has already been covered, usual disclaimers...IMHO etc....
Harry
Mine is a cream dial with black (I think) lettering. It was replaced early in the cars life.
I don't let it worry me too much. If I let every pop, burble, woofle, squeek and fart from the car terrify me, I'd be in an asylum by now.
However, if anyone can help me with the noise that the passenger seat makes I'd be most grateful. It sounds like "Ohchristslowdownohchristslowdown"...
I don't let it worry me too much. If I let every pop, burble, woofle, squeek and fart from the car terrify me, I'd be in an asylum by now.
However, if anyone can help me with the noise that the passenger seat makes I'd be most grateful. It sounds like "Ohchristslowdownohchristslowdown"...
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