Speedo repair

[lotusandy]

Have recently purchased a 98 Chim, it came with the usual speedo fault of the main odometer sticking, which due to a poor repair in the past could not be cured by the usual thumping.
I was a little put off using speedy cables due to the long wait often suffered by others here, so after much searching found an alternative.
Sent the speedo to him on Tuesday had it back on the Friday!
Unit was well repaired & reset to the actual mileage at reasonable cost.
If anyone else needs their odometer sorting out I would recommend contacting John here..

http://www.jdo10.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/  

Thanks Andy

[paulathome]

Andy,
Did he repair for the price quoted on his web site? Good if he does.
Also a bit odd in that he says he does not repair electronic speedo's which ours are.
Cheers.
Paul

[anonymous-user]

lotusandy said:

Have recently purchased a 98 Chim, it came with the usual speedo fault of the main odometer sticking, which due to a poor repair in the past could not be cured by the usual thumping.
I was a little put off using speedy cables due to the long wait often suffered by others here, so after much searching found an alternative.
Sent the speedo to him on Tuesday had it back on the Friday!
Unit was well repaired & reset to the actual mileage at reasonable cost.
If anyone else needs their odometer sorting out I would recommend contacting John here..

http://www.jdo10.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/  

Thanks Andy

Good find

[lotusandy]

Hi Paul, Although he does say he doesn't repair electronic speedos such as ours, he is happy to fix them if the fault is just with the odometer.
He charged me 60 quid for repairing, re setting to the correct mileage, and special delivery.
Well worth it to me as he did it so quickly.
Andy

[paulathome]

Thanks Andy.
Guess where 60 quid will be going next week
Good price and turn around too compared to some others.
Cheers.
Paul.

[wedgeinald]

Glad I found this I think he might end up with my wedge speedo and sticky rev counter when he's back from holiday next week.

Pistonheads works again!

Norman

Edited by wedgeinald on Friday 4th June 13:31

[wrightp]

Interesting information.

My odometer has also stopped at 49999 but with taking it out and touching some of the dials it clicked over to 50000 and we refitted it. Long job but glad when it worked afterwards. Unfortunately it stopped again after 3.9 miles and will only click forward when tapping the bezel - I,ve tried the hitting the dash method and the reversing method but it seems stuck again.

It would be good to look at the web site mentioned in the tread but I cannot seem to get the link to connect. can anyone advise if this web site is still live please?

Thanks

Phil.

[Speedracer329]

Wish I had taken a different route with mine now, Speedy (ha ha) have had mine for knocking on three months now!!!!

[chimalsu]

once you have taken the speedo out of the dash its easy to repair the sticking problem and save 60 quid.you just remove the casing so as to get to the odometer and just move the wheel 1 cog so it reads the noughts properly replace and drive with an extra £60 worth of petrol.

[HaywooS]

My odometer stopped again yesterday after a "Slap the Dash" repair some weeks ago so now I need to remove same and will send to JDO as Speedy seem to take ages according to all at PH but how easy is it to remove. Do you need to take the dash off, if so, how? Car's a 96 1st upgrade 4.0 Chim

[chimalsu]

dash removal isnt as bad as some make out.you need to know where the bolts are,once you have found them its just annoying that they are so long and take a lot of unscrewing,be aware of the direction the bolts are pointing because you have to gently wiggle the top off to avoid damage.