help would be nice please

[gti south]

hi all just got mk2 gti 8v on sat. couple of things i need help with because i havent got a haynes manual yet. when i accidently got to 80 mph  the wheel started to shake a little is this normal?
i bought this from a garage not a fore court place they thought it was too nice for auction any way one of them has been using it for a couple of weeks and ive noticed that the mileage clock dosent move is there a simple wire that i should be looking for to plug bk in im guessing they didnt want it to go past 130,000. any help would be appreticated.

[vaughn]

hi mate, regards your wheel shaking i take it you mean the steering wheel? if so the first thing to get done is the front wheels balanced, regards your mileometer not working and your speedo working, sounds like you will have to take them out to investigate more?

[gti south]

the speedo is working fine and so is the revs just the numbers not going round yeah il get them balenced tmw nite then thanks for your help

[vaughn]

could be the drive to the mileometer is broken or has been broken?

[Mart8V]

If the clocks have been wound back sometimes the mech breaks, or so I have heard.  If the speedo is working then the clocks should be too, I think.  What year is the car?

[gti south]

on its last MOT in oct 06 it had 128,000 now its on 130,000 the car year is 1989 if i have to take the dash out apart from the two screws what else do i remove to get it out?

[Mart8V]

Sounds as though the mileage is OK.....

If it is an '89 it should have a two-pin set of clocks which are easy to come by on ebay etc.  You will need to take the steering wheel off, and then remove the dash facia, switches, radio and heater controls to get to all the switches.

Sounds complicated but it really isn't if you take your time and watch what you are doing.  Once you have got to the clocks you need to get your hand around the back to disconnect (or push back in- may be the problem!) the speedo drive and the vacuum pipe. Then just tilt the clocks forward and carefully take them out, and make sure you don't damage the blue flexi-circuit board.

All in all about 30 mins work with a good cordless screwdriver- I managed it first time without breaking anything- a bit of a record for me!

Once the clocks are out they can be carefully taken apart.

[gti south]

thanks mart 8v and others ill try looking for them on ebay or mite just take it out and see if they need to be pushed bk in. also another quick fire question round. its meant to have a new horn to pass the last mot now its not working. some sort of earthing problem? im gunna go out side and have a butchers in a min