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check your diff ratio then check to see if the gear box gear is the right one my EA diff was 3.27 but gearbox gear was for different ratio therefore speedo out by 20km
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XR6 EF wrote: and also ford is'nt the only one who build in a certain margin for error so when a mate is driving along side at 110 goin past me pretty quick and i'm reading 110 then i think i have an issue.
I don't know why people think manufacturers deliberately build in a "margin for error". The ADR's state that a vehicles speedo must be accurate to within 10%. Why then would a Manufacturer intentionally design an error that runs close to failing the ADR's???? QUITE SIMPLY IF YOUR SPEEDO IS OUT ITS AN IDIVIDUAL VEHICLE PROBLEM NOT BY DESIGN!!!
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madmax wrote: XR6 EF wrote: and also ford is'nt the only one who build in a certain margin for error so when a mate is driving along side at 110 goin past me pretty quick and i'm reading 110 then i think i have an issue. I don't know why people think manufacturers deliberately build in a "margin for error". The ADR's state that a vehicles speedo must be accurate to within 10%. Why then would a Manufacturer intentionally design an error that runs close to failing the ADR's???? QUITE SIMPLY IF YOUR SPEEDO IS OUT ITS AN IDIVIDUAL VEHICLE PROBLEM NOT BY DESIGN!!! The margin i'm talking about is the accurate to 10% mate Last edited by XR6 EF on Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:13 pm, edited 1 time in total. |
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I've found the speedo itself is out by about +3KM/H @ 100 and 110. However, if you're on cruise, and reset the average speed (on the trip computer), it'll pop up first reading at exactly 97 or 107 - which agrees with what my GPS says.
The CAR knows how fast you're going ,the speedo (cluster) purposely reads fast, for that aforementioned 'margin of error' on the happy side of the speed limit.
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| madmax |
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data_mine wrote: I've found the speedo itself is out by about +3KM/H @ 100 and 110. However, if you're on cruise, and reset the average speed (on the trip computer), it'll pop up first reading at exactly 97 or 107 - which agrees with what my GPS says.
The CAR knows how fast you're going ,the speedo (cluster) purposely reads fast, for that aforementioned 'margin of error' on the happy side of the speed limit. But not by 10% as suggested by others. Yours is reading much the same as mine. Mine reads 110, where actual speed is 108. Less than 2% error. Doing the same with my trip computer I also get a 2k difference.
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Hi All,
According to the EA-ED Workshop manual, The speedo should be correct to within 1km/h. The EF-EL workshop manual says the speedo is calibrated to read +4 Km/h at all speeds. So why are we getting over-reads of about 10Km/h or so? No Diff mods, no gearbox mods. I suspect the speedo sender unit or its gear. Ideas? Willy
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| madmax |
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Needle position on gauge?? may have been moved at some time.
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AFAIK (having pulled them apart). The needles appear to be self calibrating.
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nope not needle speed difference relative to speed
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data_mine wrote: AFAIK (having pulled them apart). The needles appear to be self calibrating.
I pulled an EA one apart and put the needle back on slightly out. It didn't self calibrate. A mate of mine bought an AU Fairlane. took it back to the dealership because the speedo was out 10ks throughout the range. When stopped needle sat well under the zero point. Dealership repositioned needle.
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| data_mine |
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I've pulled mine apart numerous times (for custom dials), and after initially taking due care, got slack, and now just check 'em back on. Speedo is still as accurate as it should be.
There appears the be little magnets in the 'hub' the the speedo and tacho needles, and corresponding sensors in the 'motors'. The other guages don't seem to have these sensors. edit: I'm referring to EF/EL clusters.
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| SpuDTE |
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yeh i get the same +3kmh difference when comparing my speed to trip computer. always thought it was an error of some sort, didnt know all had it
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| Willy |
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Hi All,
I don't think its just the needles - in my case. My trip meter gives me some really wierd readings for "Average speed" as well - all other readings from the meter are okay. Looks like a trip to a dealership i think. Will
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can any one tell me how the jaycar speedo corrector works how detailed is it to install
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