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240 mileometer repair

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Old Jun 17th, 2019, 17:53   #1
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My wife has just told me that the mileometer and trip function on her beloved 1988 240 estate has stopped working. Speedo is OK. A quick search indicates it is not too big a repair (most likely a 25 tooth cog wheel) but I am afraid I am getting a bit old for this sort of thing. Does any one know of a person in the Cambridge area who could / would do the repair?
Car has only done about 68k.
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Old Jun 17th, 2019, 22:23   #2
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I used Speedy Cables in Wales but not very speedy, a 5week lead time.

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Old Jun 18th, 2019, 08:54   #3
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Probably easier to install a good one.

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Old Jun 18th, 2019, 12:15   #4
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It's usually one of the cogs. I got a replacement from the US -- https://www.240turbo.com/240-odometer-repair.html
It's not a challenging job -- just follow the instructions that come with it.
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Old Jun 22nd, 2019, 14:04   #5
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It's usually one of the cogs. I got a replacement from the US -- https://www.240turbo.com/240-odometer-repair.html
It's not a challenging job -- just follow the instructions that come with it.
After the comments and a bit of web searching I bought a set of cogs ... the 25 cog and larger (15?) cog from Parts Monster. Fitted this morning and after 3 goes it all seems well ... must have been some debris in the cog area. As expected the 25 cog had a tooth missing.
I went to fit the larger cog but after removing the original, noticed it had 3 extra locating slots next to the 3 round pegs ... these slots fitted over flat pegs on the carrier. To fit the new large cog I would have had to cut these flat pegs off so have left the original large cog in place ... it seems quite pliable though. Is this usual?
Any advice?
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Old Aug 12th, 2019, 19:29   #6
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Hello Phil
Well We cut the flanges off phil its works ok now although we had to replace some capacitors also the cog should be hard plastic not pliable it goes like that with age thats our experience anyway------- Louise
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