If you are referring to the shorter speedo cable that connects to the black box, then I have one of those for sale. I only want like $10 and it was used for like 200 miles.
Brandt 89 GTI 16v -------Original Message------- From: jimvish Date: Sunday, June 17, 2001 10:55:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 160mph Scirocco Speedo Installed The two piece speedo cable is still available, I just bought one last week from the VW dealer when mine fell apart while installing the 140mph cluster. $27. The cluster now works great for everyone that saw my earlier posts. Jim Weinheimer [email protected] 85 2.0L 16v GTI 85 Golf >- I installed a new speedo cable as well. My old cable was a two piece type, with the black box mileage counter in between. I went with a one piece cable, as the two piece cables are not available any more (AFAIK). What a pain in the neck it is to get that speedo cable attached to the back of the cluster. > >- Lastly, now that the oxygen sensor mileage counter is gone (black box), I came up with an idea. Being that I now have an LED in my cluster that won't be used (the center light on early 16vs is labeled 'OXS'), I thought about what I could use it for. Well, for some time now, my full throttle switch intermitently worked. I have the TT Fuel Enrichment, so sometimes I wasn't even getting the benefit of it. Now, I have a lead from the full throttle switch connected (with a relay, to reverse the ground) directly to that center LED in the dash. I added the relay, and tapped into the lead from the OXS mileage counter plug (didn't have to cut any wires at all, all was done under the hood) When the throttle is fully opened now, I get a LED on the dash letting me know. The red LED bothered me, so I put a yellow one in from an extra cluster I had laying around. I also scanned in the little piece of metal with the 5 icons (turn signal, alternator, oxs, oil pres, highbeams) into photoshop, and add the Techtonics Tuning logo in place of the OXS. Printed out on a good laser printer, glued it, looks awesome. Definitely useful as an indicator light. I will probably take some pics tommorrow, so if anyone is interested, let me know. > >Denis G. >1987 GTI 16v >http://come.to/veedubs > > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> ><META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today I had enough time to put the 160 scirocco >speedo I bought off of ebay in my car. No major install issues, buts its >pretty cool looking down and see a less cluttered speedo (20 mph increments vs >the regular 10mph) and seeing 160 is pretty nice. Also, the speedo starts >at 10mph (not zero like most other clusters), so the needle doesnt move at all >until you are doing at least 10mph. Too bad the car could probably only do 135 >or so (0.75 fifth gear) but I guess that's not the point of it </FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, a few points:</FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- The rocco speedo (out of an 87 Scirocco) >doesn't have a MFA. Obviously, I didnt want to loose my trip computer, so >I ended up swapping the speedo itself into my existing cluster. I had >originally planned to just swap clusters, without taking apart my original >cluster. Also, the 160 speedo did not have the speed sensor like my 140 >had, so I had to cut some plastic and add that as well (for the mpg and other >features to work)</FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- I installed a new speedo cable as well. My >old cable was a two piece type, with the black box mileage counter in >between. I went with a one piece cable, as the two piece cables are not >available any more (AFAIK). What a pain in the neck it is to get that >speedo cable attached to the back of the cluster. </FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Lastly, now that the oxygen sensor mileage >counter is gone (black box), I came up with an idea. Being that I now have >an LED in my cluster that won't be used (the center light on early 16vs is >labeled 'OXS'), I thought about what I could use it for. Well, for some >time now, my full throttle switch intermitently worked. I have the TT Fuel >Enrichment, so sometimes I wasn't even getting the benefit of it. Now I >have a lead from the full throttle switch connected (with a relay, to reverse >the ground) directly to that center LED in the dash. I added the >relay, and tapped into the lead from the OXS mileage counter plug (didn't >have to cut any wires at all, all was done under the hood) When the >throttle is fully opened now, I get a LED on the dash letting me know. The >red LED bothered me, so I put a yellow one in from an extra cluster I had laying >around. I also scanned in the little piece of metal with the 5 icons (turn >signal, alternator, oxs, oil pres, highbeams) into photoshop, and add the >Techtonics Tuning logo in place of the OXS. Printed out on a good laser >printer, glued it, looks awesome. Definitely useful as an indicator >light. I will probably take some pics tommorrow, so if anyone is >interested, let me know.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Denis G.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1987 GTI 16v</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A >href="http://come.to/veedubs";>http://come.to/veedubs</A></FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
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