speedo

jimbo07 · Post by **jimbo07** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:43 pm

hi,any of you guys had the speedo pack up after being intermittant for a while,i dont know if it is more likely to be the drive unit or the converter? any idea?

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:45 pm

If yours is chipped, rather than a conversion face replacement, I'd go for that.

maxheadroom · Post by **maxheadroom** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:48 pm

If it is chipped try removing the chip. I think only a couple of wires on the back of the speedo.

ronhud · Post by **ronhud** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:40 pm

I had the speedo pack up and the hold light come on - the solution was to tighten 2 screws on the back of the intsrument panel. There's a thread on this but you'll need to search.
Ron

moonshine · Post by **moonshine** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:20 am

My speedo fails every so often, and starts the hold light flashing, and I am now convinced that the chip is the problem, so I plan to replace it as soon as I can find a 626 speedo. Unsuccesful at local breakers so far, but I'm still looking.

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:29 am

Yep, its the chip... Quite a common problem on bongo's, mine's been ok touchwood...first sign of a problem, i'd have to replace the chip...with another chip.... as my white dials cost too much to replace....

bongo dog do da van · Post by **bongo dog do da van** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:04 am

sorry I dont know... saw the title of this thread and mistakenly thought it would be about lycra swimming trunks !

Foz.Foz · Post by **Foz.Foz** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:28 pm

Mine plays up intermittently, sometimes just "freezing" at whatever speed i am travelling at. A mate showed me a cure which so far has never failed.
A quick thump on the dash just above where the speedo is, and all should be OK . Not a permanent fix but one that's got me by so far.

jimbo07 · Post by **jimbo07** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:07 pm

HI,FIRST WHAT AND WHERE IS THE CHIP,AND MINE IS A MANUAL IF THAT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:16 pm

if you remove the dials and have a look at the back, you may, or may not, see 3 wires coming from the back,going to a little black plastic box...thats the chip.

if you discover you DO have a chip fitted, try removing the connectors (tiny little nuts

) clean up the connections, then re-fit and retry?

Gotta be worth a punt?