Citroen AX Debut 1993 - Replacing the Speedo Cable.

Hi!

Just thought I'd share my experience of this with the great wide world... this may be relevant to other Citroen models or indeed Pergeot etc, as these small French cars from this period all fairly similar and often take the same speedo cable parts.

My speedo cable had broken off at the speedo end (the plastic part and cable had snapped through age); it is a two-piece cable with one short piece that goes into the gear box and a long piece that goes from there through the bulkhead on the passenger side, through a small gap between the heating unit bracket and the foam insulation (underneath the heater unit, not behind it) and then up through to the back of the speedo. The long piece was approximately 135cm long.

I ordered a Mk II speedo cable from my local Citroen garage, which according to my car VIN and registration number was the correct one for my car (the guy at the garage was adamant it would be correct and the only possible part that could fit my car) only to find it was six inches too short, so after much haruffing later and a visit to a local citroen specialist garage (not an official Citroen dealer), I took this cable back and ordered a Mk I cable instead, this was actually about five inches longer than I needed but it fitted perfectly, the only thing was that glued on the end of my speedo was some sort of adaptor - I took the console unit out and removed the offending article, then the Mk I speedo cable fitted perfectly! Hurrah! So, rather than spending ages trying to remove the heater unit (which is what they normally recommend and will charge you =A390 for at a garage), just buy yourself a Mk I cable and feed it underneath as I did (between the plastic bracket and the foam insulation). I should point out that this has a screw thread at the other end which fits onto the short cable that goes into the gear box, you should have no difficulty finding the gear box cable from a scrap yard as they're common to Citroens and Pergeots of the same age, they attach to the gear box with a round metal part and a rubber cotting pin (the Mk II cable has this as part of the main cable). The Mk I cable is about =A310 more, but worth every penny if it means avoiding spending =A390 on having it fitted or having to remove the heater unit yourself!

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jonny_morrisuk
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So the MK2 cable actually was the correct length but because you=20 couldn't be arsed to route it properly, it was "too short"?

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Because it would have mean't an unnecessary and time-consuming operation to remove the heating unit which I do not have the knowledge to do (and do not own the relevant workshop manual for), the garage would have charged me =A390 PLUS the =A320 for the cable to do it for me. The car is only worth =A3250, would you really spend =A3110 on a speedo cable?

I wrote this to help people who might have a car like mine, which probably has the same value so would not be worth spending so much money on for such a simple thing. Internet searches I did revealed nothing of any value, so here I have presented a solution which I would have been interested in myself.

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