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markee
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PostPosted: June 14, 2009, 4:59 am    Post subject: speedo electrics
replacing speedo & removed the small black strip with two wires attached that goes into back of speedo. Does it matter which way round it goes back & what does it do???
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PostPosted: June 14, 2009, 6:26 am    Post subject: Re: speedo electrics
That just maybe, I say maybe, a sensor of the turn signal cancelling unit.
See what happens.
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PostPosted: June 14, 2009, 8:26 am    Post subject: Re: speedo electrics
markee wrote:
replacing speedo & removed the small black strip with two wires attached that goes into back of speedo. Does it matter which way round it goes back & what does it do???
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that is the reed switch for the turnsignal canceller, it measures distance travelled and send s a signal to the canceller unit its self, yes it has polarity in that it measures the speedos turning forward motion
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