I did the unthinkable today, my car hates me

[GemGTI]

I can't believe it. I swear my car can read my mind, came out of work and it was looking really sorry for itself, THEN... After only 5 mins of driving, the left clock stopped working. So no mileage and no speed! Had to guess my speed when going past all the speed cameras!! Anyone know what could have happened and is it an easy fix? She did it on purpose. She hates me 

[Daz...]

Ouch 

That could be a few different things. Might be that the speedo drive is knackered in the gearbox, the cable may have snapped or it might have popped off the back of the clocks. I guess the worst it could be is the actual clocks being knackered.

Might be worth posting something in the mk1 section about it as I'm not sure if there's much difference between them and a mk2. 

[Stu.750]

Poor thing , ive been through troubles with cars before and stick with it , itll reward ya eventually , as for the clocks if it gets really bad i could loan ya the clocks outa mine im after a TT dash anyways could be an anwer dependin whats up with yours

[GemGTI]

Its wierd you should mention the gearbox as I'm now worried that needs rebuilding (if thats what you call it?). Had clutch and gear linkage replaced a few weeks ago, but today I was having trouble getting my car into gear. Felt like I was forcing it. 

[Daz...]

They might not have re-alinged the linkage properly. If you've had that done to it then take it back and ask them to check it out. Shouldn't be causing any problems.

[Stu.750]

When ya had the clutch done did they top up the gearbox oil that sometimes causes a "snickety" change

[Agreeable Slick]

basically an easy fix on both accounts, the gear changes will just need the linkages realigning properly.

The lack of speedo and milage is the cable snapping. ( a tell tale sign it is going is if it was a bit bouncy around the speedo before it stopped working ) a cable is about £12 and to fix it is a peice of the proverbial, you or your fella should be able to do it, if not then gibby should. I would say i would come and help on a visit to gibby land, but lack of a car atm is proving difficult.

As for selling the car, well aye it's always something in the back of my mind, being without it now though makes me realise just how much i miss it. 

You and your car will be fine soon enough gem 

[GemGTI]

I doubt they changed the gearbox oil if they didnt change the spark plugs on the rebuild. I don't want to go back there. I'm taking it to another garage this saturday about fuel pump but to be honest I think thats the least of my worries.

[Stu.750]

Itll all be right in the end if we wanted a perfect heartless car to do the a-b in we`d all have euroboxes

[...joe]

my god gem you really don't have any luck do you! i'm inclined to agree with gibby, you might have to take a step back and assess what you really want/need. its a pain in the ass but sometimes you need to do what your head says.............
but stick with it for a while and good luck with it all.