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(Message started by: butcher27uk on Oct 19^th, 2006, 7:11pm)

Title: stuck speedo dial
Post by butcher27uk on Oct 19^th, 2006, 7:11pm

can anyone please help me .
my problem has occured because when i start my car , all the dashboard dials shoot forward and then back ( sometimes), but this one time my speedo dial has gone too far and is stuck underneath of the 0 pin.
so now i dont know how fast im doing .
taken it to a ford dealer, and they charged me £65 to put it back , but they didn't know why it was happening .
so concequently it has happened again this week.
anyone had this problem before ? if so PLEASE could u let me know . thanx ..............

Title: Re: stuck speedo dial
Post by TiberiuS on Oct 19^th, 2006, 8:12pm

Ahhh, the demon speedo dial strikes again, eh?

A common thing apparently, has claimed a few victims in these parts recently.

Instrument reset as it is called means that most likely your car battery is on its last knockings, if the battery voltage falls below a certain level then all the instruments flick around when you turn the ignition on. Get a new battery on and see how you go.

As for resetting it, several members on here have ways of doing so, one involves drilling a small hole in the perspex and putting a wire in to flick it back round, I'm not sure if you can remove the perspex lens from the instruments and do it that way.

Hope this helps and welcome to the forum. Regards, Bruce :).

Title: Re: stuck speedo dial
Post by harry.m1byt on Oct 19^th, 2006, 10:42pm

This happened to my Granada rev counter dial due to a glitch whilst reconnecting the battery. I ignored it with the intention of sorting it out when I had time, but it fixed itself a week later when I took the revs up to 4,000 as I happened to glance at it.

It seems the stop pins are quite flexible and if the needle puts enough pressure on the pin it will give and allow the needle to move over it. So just driving it fast and perhaps giving it a thump might work.

Title: Re: stuck speedo dial
Post by ren on Oct 19^th, 2006, 11:17pm

as Tiberius says check your battery and see if its the right one
some peeps have had lower rateing battery fitted and they dont keep enough
charge in them,
the scorpios rely on a good battery to keep all the system operative
has the car needed a cpl turns of the key before fireing if so and you got
spinning needles you must wait for the speedo tp go back to zero before
turning key again , if the needle is around the 60 mark turning the key
causes a spin again only this time its closer to the pin and will go past
i removed the instrument panel to do mine and i dont recommend it,
its a lot easier to sort out the battery,which i did.

Ren

Title: Re: stuck speedo dial
Post by butcher27uk on Oct 21^st, 2006, 11:39am

thanx guys i got a guy to drill a small hole and he moved it back , and he's put a piece of plastic in there to stop it from happening again . if not ill try the new battery . again thx .....

Title: Re: stuck speedo dial
Post by cossieguy on Oct 21^st, 2006, 11:55am

on 10/19/06 at 22:42:31, harry.m1byt wrote:

So just driving it fast and perhaps giving it a thump might work.

Do that all the time with my Cossie anyway
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Title: Re: stuck speedo dial
Post by harry.m1byt on Oct 21^st, 2006, 6:19pm

on 10/21/06 at 11:55:47, cossieguy wrote:

Do that all the time with my Cossie anyway
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I said 'fast', not light speed :P

Title: Re: stuck speedo dial
Post by Octavian_P on Oct 22^nd, 2006, 1:04am

Let's do not forget if all fails you could always try a bigger hammer ;D

Cheers