Thread: hey all long time no see been almost problem free untill now :)

Hi Matt

Originally Posted by matthewk

my speed went nuts tell me i was going 200 at cruising at 90 then sometimes told me i wasn't moving at all 0 hehe

Crawl under the passenger side of the car
Look at the handbrake drum area
Round metal bung with a square box and 2? wires coming out of it

This is the speedo transducer ... Either clean the wire plug connection ... or try a known good one

PS: Your disco might have the older speedo set up that has a short speedo cable going towards the chassis ... and then connects to a rectangular (Transducer) box .... Just mentioning it / just in case

Originally Posted by matthewk

second question is are the oil cooling lines prone to server leakage?

Yes ... Rubber hose lines from the oil pump to cooler get hard and shrink enough to leak from the crimped metal joiners

Any Hydraulic hose place can make up new sets

Cheers
Mike

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

Hi Matt



Crawl under the passenger side of the car
Look at the handbrake drum area
Round metal bung with a square box and 2? wires coming out of it

This is the speedo transducer ... Either clean the wire plug connection ... or try a known good one

PS: Your disco might have the older speedo set up that has a short speedo cable going towards the chassis ... and then connects to a rectangular (Transducer) box .... Just mentioning it / just in case





Yes ... Rubber hose lines from the oil pump to cooler get hard and shrink enough to leak from the crimped metal joiners

Any Hydraulic hose place can make up new sets

Cheers
Mike

yeah i got a plug with 2 wires will try clean it up, can you replace the plug with the same connection?


might head to pertek then see what they can do

cheers

matt

Originally Posted by matthewk

yeah i got a plug with 2 wires will try clean it up, can you replace the plug with the same connection?

Speedos not registering .. (0 kph) ... or moving slow or up / down kph ... is usually a dirty connection.
Speedos registering higher might be a sign that the transducer has an internal failure

So the easy path to find out what's wrong .........
1: Just clean the wire plug connection
2: Find a D1 friend
3: Swap transducers and see if it makes a difference
4: or find a wreck and buy a transducer

If the above does not work .... then your looking a bit deeper. $$

Cheers
Mike

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

Speedos not registering .. (0 kph) ... or moving slow or up / down kph ... is usually a dirty connection.
Speedos registering higher might be a sign that the transducer has an internal failure

So the easy path to find out what's wrong .........
1: Just clean the wire plug connection
2: Find a D1 friend
3: Swap transducers and see if it makes a difference
4: or find a wreck and buy a transducer

If the above does not work .... then your looking a bit deeper. $$

Cheers
Mike

nh it slam up to 200 and back down in half a heart beat som time it stoped

i had a play with the wires yesterday aftyer it stop totally and i think its the wires into the plug as well as the connection it self

can you get the plug new or off a wreck
matt

Originally Posted by matthewk

can you get the plug new or off a wreck
matt

Find a wreck ......

If you know how the spade ends are actually inserted into the plug (constructed) ..

Then you should be able to insert a very thin Jewelers screwdriver into the body of the plastic plug to release the holding (retaining clip) of the metal spade bit, and actually remove it from the plastic plug .....