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Offline g-mac-gti

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my rev counter stopped workin!!
« on: 29 March 2009, 23:39 »
how do i go bout fixin it?

is it a cable like speedo or some gearbox jobbie?

damzel in distress please help
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Offline danny_p

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Re: my rev counter stopped workin!!
« Reply #1 on: 29 March 2009, 23:41 »
it works off the LT ignition circuit   wire has probaly fallen off coil
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Re: my rev counter stopped workin!!
« Reply #2 on: 29 March 2009, 23:48 »
Quote from: danny_p on 29 March 2009, 23:41
it works off the LT ignition circuit   wire has probaly fallen off coil

aaaah sweet...is it a pain in the arse job to sort?
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Offline paulyV6

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Re: my rev counter stopped workin!!
« Reply #3 on: 30 March 2009, 00:20 »
Have you tried hitting the top of the dash directly above the rev counter.

I find a good smack with an open hand usually gets my rev counter / dash lights working again!
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Re: my rev counter stopped workin!!
« Reply #4 on: 30 March 2009, 08:33 »
Quote from: paulyV6 on 30 March 2009, 00:20
Have you tried hitting the top of the dash directly above the rev counter.

I find a good smack with an open hand usually gets my rev counter / dash lights working again!

ooooh il give it a try  :grin:
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Offline rubjonny

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Re: my rev counter stopped workin!!
« Reply #5 on: 30 March 2009, 10:10 »
check the red/black wire attached to the coil :)
failing that, pull the fuse for the clocks for 30 seconds
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Offline dubber36

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Re: my rev counter stopped workin!!
« Reply #6 on: 31 March 2009, 17:15 »
Dont worry about it. It'll just be having a little rest. It'll work fine again when it wakes up.
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Offline paulyV6

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Re: my rev counter stopped workin!!
« Reply #7 on: 01 April 2009, 00:17 »
Mine all stopped working again yesterday - the slap technique didn't work, but disconnecting/reconnecting the battery worked
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Re: my rev counter stopped workin!!
« Reply #8 on: 01 April 2009, 20:16 »
when it was snowin bad i dint drive it for 2 days. then i was takin it to the body shop and battery was flat, so charged battery and noticed mfa, horn and rev counter werent workin.

saw my car on sunday and the clock looks like its ack to normal. totally forgot about my horn but they gy said rev counter still isnt workin. ill have a gander when i get it back.

cheers for advice guys
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Re: my rev counter stopped workin!!
« Reply #9 on: 03 April 2009, 20:07 »
My rev counter didn't work when I got the car, I changed the clocks which was a bit of a pain but the MFA wasn't working either so it was worth it, however......

....when I got it all back together, the indicators didn't work and instead the stalks operated the horn! Imagine my surprise!!!!

Seemingly, it's really easy to slot the flat pins into other sockets so be aware of that.  Bear in mind as well that if you do have to change the clocks it is a dash out job and it's really easy to break stuff as I found out at a cost!
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