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Re: Wanted: S1 Speedo Upper Cable
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:05 am
by normantilbury
Did you check out the one on e-bay dont have the number to hand
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-Xm-Sp ... 2a1fd79fc7
Norman
Re: Wanted: S1 Speedo Upper Cable
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:20 am
by andmcit
Good spot BUT that's the lower cable in the engine bay! IIRC, Chris wants the upper one in the dash?
Re: Wanted: S1 Speedo Upper Cable
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:23 am
by andmcit
Wonder if NFP means not f***ing purchasable?
Re: Wanted: S1 Speedo Upper Cable
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:11 pm
by xmexclusive
No Andrew
It must be Not French Purchaser.
Apart from dealer odds and sods all remaining XM spares stock is now held in France.
I have been told that the dealers were instructed to dispose of the residual items to scrap.
John
Re: Wanted: S1 Speedo Upper Cable
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:15 pm
by citroenmad
Thanks for that, however it is the upper cable I need.
Nope, it is not available from Citroen, its the first place I tried. All other routes are drawing blanks too, I can't live without a speedo much longer!
I did enquire to speedycables, who could make on eup but they said they need to make a one piece cable instead of the two piece one it has. I would much prefer just to fit in a proper cable and so im getting desperate for one now.
Re: Wanted: S1 Speedo Upper Cable
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:04 pm
by Dieselman
I don't understand Speedy cables response, you only need a one piece shorter cable with screw ferrule on one end and bayonet on the other. Do they think the two cables connect directly to each other, so you are after one of them being a female fitment?
Re: Wanted: S1 Speedo Upper Cable
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:27 pm
by andmcit
FWIW I'll measure the exact length of the spare cable I have but I'm sure it'll be right
as its certainly longer than a LHD dash to the bulkhead!
Re: Wanted: S1 Speedo Upper Cable
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:10 pm
by xmexclusive
A while back there was a series of posts about a plug in GPS speedo.
Think it projected onto the screen.
Cost was around £25 if I remember right.
Would something like that act as a temporary fix.
There was a version of the speedo drive box that had both mechanical and electrical drive outputs.
Anyone looked at retro fitting an electrical speedo head to a Mk1?
John
Re: Wanted: S1 Speedo Upper Cable
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:43 pm
by robert_e_smart
Ohhh, head up display like the C6, that would be nice!
Re: Wanted: S1 Speedo Upper Cable
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:20 pm
by marc61
Hi
I used a company called speedographrichfield.com couple of months ago to make me a speedo cable for the LHD 24V. They did a very nice job, just a case of posting off the old cable so an exact copy could be made. Only downside was it cost £31 but that included p&p. Their email address is
info@speedographrichfield.com
Cheers
Marc