Re: Speedo cable chattering in cold

[SCIROCCO2@t-online.de (Dirk Schneider)]

if anything works out as planned,
I will completely remove my speedo cable soon and
"fly by wire" then....

...here's one part of my project :
www.Scirocco2.de/digiwss.jpg

Greetings
Dirk



> 
> Same thing happens to my MK1 in cold weather....Just smacking the 
> top of the dash stops it & once I drive for a while it goes away...go 
> figure?
> 
> Potterman
> 
>  
> > This is happening on mine as well.
> > The speedo needle starts shaking a bit along with the noise doesnt
> > it? Only in very cold temps however, and its on and off.
> > 
> > -ed
> > 
> > On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Tim Ebling wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Now that the temperatures are cold again, my speedo cable is once again
> > > making its god-awful chattering noises at all speeds above 45 mph.  I was
> > > wondering if this is a natural occurence in Sciroccos, just as
> > > teeth-chattering is in humans?  In any case, I really can't stand it
> > > anymore as it's so loud that it even drowns out the normally
> > > ear-shattering volume I keep my stereo set at.  Why does this happen?
> > > Does some kind of outer sleeve shrink due to the cold and rub against the
> > > inner cable?
> > > 
> > > If anybody knows how to solve this problem (new speedo cable???) please
> > > let me know.
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > -tim
> > > 
> > > ---------------------------
> > > 
> > > "By the way, I would like to add that there is no cannibalism in the
> > > Royal Navy. And when I say none, I mean that there is a small amount."
> > > 
> > > -Monty Python
> > > 
> > > 
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> 
> Mike Potter
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