Speedo cable two parts

Radioactive Man · Nov 22, 2014

Speedo cables knackered so need to change it.

Why did Land Rover make two piece cables, is there an advantage over having a single cable in one part rather that joined?

Curious to know why before I she'll out on new parts...

Ian

Oldfogey · Nov 23, 2014

I'm talking from a softdash here, but you may find that there is a unit with wires from it at the join, which provides road speed data to the ECU.

Radioactive Man · Nov 23, 2014

Hi old fogey. This is an old 90, no ecu

Just wondered why they used to have two halves to the cable. I suppose it must have made it easier to just swap the broken half without getting the speedo out the dash.

Litch · Nov 23, 2014

"Just wondered why they used to have two halves to the cable. I suppose it must have made it easier to just swap the broken half without getting the speedo out the dash."

I think you have probably hit the nail on the head.
Possibly they usually break in the lower section so it wasn't thought necessary to replace the whole cable?

Speedo cable two parts

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