Wind speedo clock forward

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I have just put some white dials on my clocks, (Golf MK2 Ryder) but I had to get a speedo from a Golf MK2
with the two plugs that fit into clocks, because the speedo dial didn't match my dial face (Single plug type).

The speedo I now have, is 30K miles less than my original ones, but I want to put the milage foward to
the same milage as my original one, as I want the milage to look legit as from previous MOT's.

My plan is to wind the clock foward with a battery drill, but I don't know which direction to do it?

Looking at the back of the speedo, do I wind the clock foward in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction?

Thanks in advance

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[Mew]

Would it not just be quicker to try turning it each way and see what happens???

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I did that once before some years ago, with a motorbike speedo, but when I wound it backwards I heard a click and the digits never lined up properly after that. (A good indicator that the clocks have been messed with)

I don't fancy wrecking my MK2 speedo.

[mk2mark]

Your problem is that you're too honest Think of the advantage when you come to sell it!

[rubjonny]

you can just swap the speedos over, unscrew the face from the white dial set & fit to your old speedo.  Other option is to clock it, which is easy to do once the face is off, will become obvious what to do

[bomp]

Well I put the dial faces on, and may not bother changing the mileage. (No need to take the dial faces or needles off with the ones I bought.

I wired the Dial LED's to go on when I turn the lights on, but didn't use a live ignition wire as instructed by the little manual. I painted the needles flourescent red, and put 3x 4volt Ultraviolet LED's protected with a 470-Ohm resistor. I'm using one of the original bulb holders as the power source (modified it) and I might put anther 3 UV Leds in (by using the other bulb holder) to light the needles a bit better

Daylight, lights off.


Daylight, lights on, UV LEDS off


Daylight, lights on, UV LEDS on


Night, lights on, UV LEDS off


Night, lights on, UV LEDS on



Sorry about the blur in the night pics, I don't know how to avoid with my camera.
Also the colour of the blue isn't as pale in real life as what it has come out like in the pics.

It's a joy to see my dials at night now.

[sacvwgolf]

that is soo cool. how did u get the dials to light up from behind.

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that is soo cool. how did u get the dials to light up from behind.

I bought the dial faces off someone called cromemanics on ebay £35.99 + £3.00 postage

They're a thin plastic dial cover that fit over/onto the original dials. They allready have LED's on them so it's just a matter of wiring one wire to an earth and one wire to a live. They also change colour to a pale green with a flick of a switch and the brightness can be adjusted via a potentiometer (both allready attatched to the dials with a relay)

But I had to go to a scrappy and get a speedo off another MK2 because the digits in the mile counter at the bottom didn't line up. (I knew that before I ordered them because I scaled a photo of my dial with the photo that he's got online, with AutoCAD.

The inner centre (Looks white) and outer ring (By the numbers) turns a pale green that is, and not the numbers. The numbers turn a little darker blue when the switch is flicked over.

Also notice that I had to add two new screw holes in the tacho cover because mine was also different.