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speedo chip removal

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:00 pm
by tezzer22
hi , iv been having intermitant problems with my gearbox going into hold mode ie locked in a high gear this is rectefied by turning the ignition off and restarting then all is well again for a while , iv had the car pluged in to a fault reader but there was nothing , it has been sugested that the speedo chip can sometimes cause problems so i have decided to remove the chip for a while to see what happens , i have removed the chip but the speedo is not working at all now altho the van drives fine, is there something i should have refited when i removed the chip ?

Re: speedo chip removal

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:03 pm
by westonwarrior
a wire is cut for instation of the chip that needs reconnecting

Re: speedo chip removal

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:08 pm
by kawasaki kid
It may sound daft but have you made sure that all the original wires have been properly rejoined to each other to make the circuit. I ask this as the wiring is thin to start with. :)

Re: speedo chip removal

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:16 pm
by tezzer22
weston you are correct i have not reconected the kmh signal input wire , that might help
thanks

Re: speedo chip removal

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:21 pm
by westonwarrior
glad I could help

Mine should have said instalation :oops: and thats probably still wrong