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Old 05 March 2007, 03:06 PM
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I bought a kmh to mph converter for my 93 wrx last week off the net. What a job I had putting it in. Now its in, the rev counter dosnt go up properly, its jumpy, and when stopped the speedo stays on about 5mph instead of going to 0! Anyone know whats wrong?
Old 05 March 2007, 03:53 PM
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Old 05 March 2007, 04:04 PM
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I fitted one the other day aswel, it went in no bother. Before my speedo was very accurate, now it reads 35 mph when Im doing 40 and 65 when doing 70.
Old 05 March 2007, 07:51 PM
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MOst speedos can be 10 percent out anyway, I know that, Im just bothered that I might have buggered the bloody wires to the rev counter......
Old 05 March 2007, 08:02 PM
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could it be the needles on the clocks have been pushed on too far and are catching on the face of the gauges?
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No mate, I never touched the fronts, they had already been done and worked fine before I removed the speedo cable.
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If the rpm needle is jumping around on its own accord then this is down to an earth fault. Have you disturbed any of the wiring. Also check if the ribbon circuit board at the back is not touching any part of the body.

The speedos are nearly all slighty out (10% or not)

Not sure which convertor you have used but on my old set up it was simply plugged inbetween the 2 speedo cables.

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