Wedge Trip Meter?
Discussion
Does anyone know why the series two Wedge was never fitted with a trip meter? I find it very awkward without one and have to make a note of the mileage at every fill up. Let's face it, Wedge's don't have the most accurate fuel gauge in the automobile world. It’s a bit embarrassing to note down the mileage without being seen every time, and then give everyone a pose as if to say 'This is not your Tom, Dick and Harry car. This is a TVR WEDGE!'
Have a trip meter, but it only works when it wants to...., which is not most of the time. And you know what, it stopped working during a classic rally after being 10 minutes 'en route' and the real distance guessing work started for the rest of the day!
Perhaps this can be a solution:
Added a bicycle thingy for classic rallying and it works really well.
Think it is a Sigma 16-something (could be 1609). This is a version that does over 100 km/h for speed, most don't and this is necessary. Mounted the pickup on the right hand rear wheel hub and the magnet to the fixture holding the rear wheel.
Rob
Perhaps this can be a solution:
Added a bicycle thingy for classic rallying and it works really well.
Think it is a Sigma 16-something (could be 1609). This is a version that does over 100 km/h for speed, most don't and this is necessary. Mounted the pickup on the right hand rear wheel hub and the magnet to the fixture holding the rear wheel.
Rob
Hi.350Zwelje. Now that bicycle milometer sounds like a good idea and I shall look into it. Infact I have a racing bike with one of these on it. When I get a chance I will look to see how it's mounted on the bike and how it can be adapted and mounted on to the Wedge. I am not entirely clear as to how you mounted it on yours but if there is a way, and it works, I'll find it. What an invention? If it works we could be onto an earner! patent-it maybe? Thanks for the info. Must get my thinking cap on.
mrzigazaga said:
Hi Mate..Mine has suffered from the millenium bug..11 years later!!..It got to 99,000 miles and then went back to zero..At the moment it reads 002,140..Very weird..Ziga
? There aren't enough digits for it to read any moe than 99999, that was common on cars pre-mid-80s...Lean Machine said:
Does anyone know why the series two Wedge was never fitted with a trip meter?
Might depend on the clocks; mine has VDOs and definitely has a trip meter... it's parked outside my office window so I just nipped out to check!One of the rare days when I get chance to bring the car to work instead of the Connect... now for this pile of paperwork
If I'm not mistaken none of the 400se's have a trip meter or any wedge fitted with rev and milometer running in the unconventional direction.(sort of upside down). which includes wedges 1988 onwards. Mine is a 400se 1989 and its a real bummer not having a trip meter. I swear by these things, even in my other vehilcles. Fill up and set to zero. Trip out cruising and set to zero. You get the picture?
Tony.
Tony.
Lean Machine said:
If I'm not mistaken none of the 400se's have a trip meter or any wedge fitted with rev and milometer running in the unconventional direction.(sort of upside down). which includes wedges 1988 onwards. Mine is a 400se 1989 and its a real bummer not having a trip meter. I swear by these things, even in my other vehilcles. Fill up and set to zero. Trip out cruising and set to zero. You get the picture?
Tony.
Ah, well you're confusing things by calling that a 'Series 2'. See the Tasmin had a Series 2, the 350i had a Series 2, the 390SE had a Series 2 in '88... from which the 400SE was derived; does that make it a Series 3? Or maybe a 7... Tony.
As I said though, it does depend on which instruments were fitted. The early Tasmins had Stewart-Warner (USA) gauges which had the mileometer vertical if I recall rightly...
Tony
I thought I would look at my "wedges" to see if I can help with your problem!
Four "wedges" four different clocks typical TVR. Two with trip two without!
Pics below:
Tasmin
350i
SEAC
And now for the one which may help you!
Series 3 280i
The trip clocks are both different! The 350i has a remote trip winder, whilst the
280i winder is on the clock front!
I hope that helps!
Andy
I thought I would look at my "wedges" to see if I can help with your problem!
Four "wedges" four different clocks typical TVR. Two with trip two without!
Pics below:
Tasmin
350i
SEAC
And now for the one which may help you!
Series 3 280i
The trip clocks are both different! The 350i has a remote trip winder, whilst the
280i winder is on the clock front!
I hope that helps!
Andy
My clock is the same as the SEAC picture you posted. There is no trip and I am gutted. I am going to try and see if I can mount a bicycle one on, as 350zwelje suggested. Maybe I can solve the problem that way. I tell you what though, I would have been most dissapointed had I bought this car brand new and realised it did'nt even have a trip meter. Even the MG midget of that year had one as standard and I reckeon for the price of one of these you could have bought several MG midgets.
Tony.
Tony.
OK. I have located a Sigma 1609 cycle computer and I have checked how its mounted on my bike. So far everything seems good. Couple of things that worry me though. 1) Will the wire be long enough to reach from rear wheel mount to the dash. 2) How to secure them onto the hub or wheel because these are designed to go on bike spokes. 350zwelje how did you mount them? Accurate details please. I don't want to be doing a ton on the motorway and find the whole thing comes flying off and wedges onto someones windscreen.(not that I ever go over the speed limit). I need to be sure before I proceed.
Length of the cable: cut it and make it longer. I soldered some ex-loudspeaker cable in.
Mounting
- The pickup that normally sits on the frame of the bike: built a base for it that is able to be kept on the hub with tie wraps (had to add a tie wrap to avoid it sliding of the hub). Doesn't look nice (used a plastic wine bottle cork), but it works.
- Magnet: with some 'plastic' metal that you need to knead, stuck to the rotating mounting plate that holds the rear wheel.
- Cable already from inside to the underside (centre console) during soldering. Then fasten the cable with tolerance for areas of movement from the hub to the chassis.
No issues when driving, although the magnet and pickup need to be close to each other, like 5mm or even less for a good signal.
Testing for me was, with the wegde on axles stands and put it in gear to see if the signal is ok. First setup is not to be concerned about correctness. This can be set later from the small head unit and depends on wheel size.
Signal ok, do an initial setting and take it for a spin with a gps and after 5-6 kilometers compared gps with the reading and adjusted until satisfied (after 3-4 trail and error sessions, less then 100m difference after 10km to the gps ..)
If you search the internet for classic rally - cheap trip meter, you can find also descriptions of how they tackled it.
Hope it is understandable
Rob
Mounting
- The pickup that normally sits on the frame of the bike: built a base for it that is able to be kept on the hub with tie wraps (had to add a tie wrap to avoid it sliding of the hub). Doesn't look nice (used a plastic wine bottle cork), but it works.
- Magnet: with some 'plastic' metal that you need to knead, stuck to the rotating mounting plate that holds the rear wheel.
- Cable already from inside to the underside (centre console) during soldering. Then fasten the cable with tolerance for areas of movement from the hub to the chassis.
No issues when driving, although the magnet and pickup need to be close to each other, like 5mm or even less for a good signal.
Testing for me was, with the wegde on axles stands and put it in gear to see if the signal is ok. First setup is not to be concerned about correctness. This can be set later from the small head unit and depends on wheel size.
Signal ok, do an initial setting and take it for a spin with a gps and after 5-6 kilometers compared gps with the reading and adjusted until satisfied (after 3-4 trail and error sessions, less then 100m difference after 10km to the gps ..)
If you search the internet for classic rally - cheap trip meter, you can find also descriptions of how they tackled it.
Hope it is understandable
Rob
I have ordered a wireless bicycle computer and I am going to try and adapt this to work as a trip meter. It seems to have a lot of functions on it including a trip. It has a wireless pick up distance of over a meter and many settings for wheel sizes. It's a bit of a hit and miss project but I am desparate for a trip meter. Fingers crossed! :^)
Interested how you get on with the wireless installation. And as the wedge is polyester and not metal, the changes increases that it will work....
Think you can even get away with one head unit as it can manage two setups, bike and wedge and recognise it automatically.
Needs to be of the wireless type then in your case.
Rob
Think you can even get away with one head unit as it can manage two setups, bike and wedge and recognise it automatically.
Needs to be of the wireless type then in your case.
Rob
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