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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Diluxe on 18 February 2008, 23:46
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does anyone know what gear i need to get to swap my current 16v speedo cable gear thats red, to make it work in a 02a box?
cheers
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The cog is specific to the speedo, not the box.
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are you sure mate, i thought you can just whip the end of that fits into the gearbox and replace it with one that matches the gearbox, i think its something to do with the number of teeth & colour of the gear....
???
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Nope i am in fact wrong! :embarassed: Rubjonny did show me the error of my ways in the other thread.
http://www.brokevw.com/020ratios.html (http://www.brokevw.com/020ratios.html)
Edit: After reading that I am still no wiser as to how to choose the correct gear though!
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what you need is a Golf G60 or Corrado speedo cable, the MK2 one wont work at all :)
edit: apparently a MK2 1.3 speedo cable might work too?
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moved over to mk3 subframe, so have been told that mk2 1.3 speedo cable will be too short as the lump/gearbox sits lower, do you know if the G60 is longer or even what colour its gear is?
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just thought, G60 will be LHD so no good for you, you'll need a corrado gear! it doesn't matter what colour the G60/rado gear is, they're all the same!
I got 2 cables listed for rado, one is 1100mm the other is 1360mm. Both discontinued :(
RHD 1.3 cable is listed at 1200mm, and G60 is 1050mm
From GSF:
76142 SPEEDOMETER CABLE G2 1.3 Manual 8/83 >7/92 11.75
Edit: From what I've been able to find out using a MK3 subframe makes no difference to how high the engine sits, no-one has been able to say for sure (with proof) if this is true one way or the other.
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cheers mate, for reference you wouldnt happen to know what the length of the standard mk2 16v speedo cable is?
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8v - 1720mm
16v - 1900mm
16v one is so long because it goes round the front of the inlet manifold, I've run mine along the bulkhead which should save alot of length when you come to fit it.
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1400 and 1600 seat toledos using the '085' box have the same connections but are slightly longer than the 1300 cable!
i stumbled across this in the scrapyard :laugh:
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Right just rang VW, they can get me the gear at the end of a G60 golf , so i can just use my original cable, they said i can have a red or white coloured gear one has 15 teeth, the other has 16 teeth, which one do i get? i though i read somewhere i need 13 teeth?
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Like I said, it isnt going to work. G60 cable is totally different! Those 2 gears are NOT for the G60 cable, they're for the std MK2 cable.
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sorry mate being a bit dense, i thought the G60 cable was to short as its LHD but i could use the gear at the end to attach to the original speedo.
Kev from 16vtrackcar.co.uk, said that his 1.3 is a tight fit & if using mk3 its unlikely to be long enough
could i attach mk2 1.3 gear to my standard 16v cable, or are you saying that the cable construction is completely different & i would be able to put any gear on my original cable that will fit in the box?
cheers
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the issue is the fitment to the gearbox is different, so its gotta be an 02a or 085 gearbox cable, looks like the best solution would be a SEAT cable :)
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cheers for putting me right on that , would you happen to know how long a 16v 1988 passat cable is, i hear over on clubgti, that this cable works aswell, hopefully its still in production!!!! & i think they did a toledo 16v same era so hopefuly same cable.
the mk2 1.3 was dicontinued by VW at end of 07 :cry:
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ok there are some I've found:
358 957 803 A - rhd, 16v, 1020mm - 34.41+VAT
358 957 803 G - rhd - 1450mm - 24.27+VAT
The pic looks a bit odd though, can't say for sure if the fitment is the same!
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Right spoke to a guy at seat,
he gave me two part numbers for 1.6 mk1 toledo
1LO 957 803K 1230MM
1LO 957 803L 1260MM
strangely the shorter one is more expensive than the longer one, that leads me to believe that it will the shorter one thats more appropriate fitting, anyone able to have a look if the ends look right?
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the shorter one is for an abf so that will definitly fit your gearbox, longer one is for a 1z code lump not sure what that is, but it should still fit as the LHD ABF speedo cable is same part number as the 1Z :)
Just a case of will it fit your speedo?
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the shorter one is for an abf so that will definitly fit your gearbox, longer one is for a 1z code lump not sure what that is, but it should still fit as the LHD ABF speedo cable is same part number as the 1Z :)
Just a case of will it fit your speedo?
thats weird that the longer cable is also on the left hand drive car, i thought the shorter cable would be on the left drive, due to the shorter distance between pedal and gearbox............
i may have to take a punt on the shorter cable and see if it works
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those are RHD cables, shorter one is ABF, longer is 1Z. What i meant was the lhd part number is the same for both engine codes, so the gearbox connection must be the same :)
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gotcha :grin:
decisions decisions decisions, i cant be the only person thats gone mk3 widetrack and abf/02a conversion , if only some one could confirm if the mk2 1.3 is the right length........ i guess i'll have to be the 1st to find out :smiley: