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Postby Pmtbb » Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:52 am

Hi all
I have a l reg recovery mk4 transit.
I have just brought it and it has a techograph fitted. How can
I change this back to speedo and where can I get one.
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Re: tachograph Help

Postby gotgcoalman » Sun Apr 23, 2017 12:49 pm

why would you want to change it?

does the spedo not work?

If you're not exceeding 3500kg you don't have to put a card in it.
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Postby Pmtbb » Sun Apr 23, 2017 3:21 pm

It's ugly!!
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Postby gotgcoalman » Sun Apr 23, 2017 4:18 pm

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

that is fugly :(

Scrap yard is your friend for a change of clocks :(

Unless a forum member has a set 8)

check the free to a good home bit :idea:
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Re: tachograph Help

Postby Pmtbb » Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:10 pm

Would this fit?
Mk2
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Postby Pmtbb » Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:13 pm

Or this?
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Re: tachograph Help

Postby gotgcoalman » Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:58 pm

Unless the "bezzel"? the bit that surrounds the clocks and attaches it to the rest of the dash comes with either.
Then neither will be a straight fit.

Wiring and spedo wise might also be an issue.

You went Mk2 straight to Mk5 and missed Mk4 out.
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Postby Pmtbb » Sun Apr 23, 2017 6:00 pm

Can't find any 3 or 4
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Postby Pmtbb » Sun Apr 23, 2017 6:02 pm

This?
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Re: tachograph Help

Postby DodgeRover » Sun Apr 23, 2017 10:28 pm

Nope thats a Mk2 again.
A trawl of your local scrap yards is probably the best option
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Re: tachograph Help

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Sun Apr 23, 2017 10:55 pm

DodgeRover wrote:Nope thats a Mk2 again.
A trawl of your local scrap yards is probably the best option

Nah all their Mk3/Mk4/Mk5s will be away to Poland :P

Try this lot, and if they are any good let us have some feedback ;) I have suggested them several times and no one ever came back to either say 'yeah they were great' or 'no, they were bloody useless' ;)

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=171800

edit to add: I have never used them myself. Yet...
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Re: tachograph Help

Postby Pmtbb » Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:18 pm

Will call them tomorrow
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Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:29 pm

I am also surprised (unless you are in not one of the 4 countries that use Imperial measurements .. UK, USA, Burma and Liberia) that you get away with having a speedo and trip meter in km/h. Far as I was aware, it has to be converted to mp/h if it's in the UK. Guess no one noticed ... ;) You said it was L reg, which kinda means it's in the UK.
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Re: tachograph Help

Postby Pmtbb » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:18 am

Is this Justin trucks??
I am a mot tester on class 4 not 7 and I mot loads of cars in km/h
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Re: tachograph Help

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:41 am

Hmm OK. I always thought the clocks had to be changed when they're imported.

edit: Yeah, it just has to display both. No requirement to change it.

Imperial Speedometer
Great Britain uses imperial units for speed measurement. The law requires that speedometers must
include a miles-per-hour display. Please note in particular that any modified display must be visible in
daylight and in darkness.


Source: http://www.import-car.info/images/dftguide.pdf
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