Speedo Cable Length

Hi all,

Just wanting to confirm something with you guys.

Bought a Rare Spares speedo cable for LH/LX and it seems way too long.  Service manual routing is as follows

The cable I have would have to be routed in either of the following two ways, the first of which would interfere with the front suspension and the second has a sharper turn than I'd like into the box.

Has anyone else found the replacement cables to be too long or have I been given a dud?

Thanks

Has anyone given RSP some feedback on this? 

+1. I would try RSP first.

There is a business in Eltham, Retrospares 9439 3777 who sell a lot of stuff but also make cables.  I think they used to be called Auto Cables.  May be worth having a chat to them if no success with RSP.  Good luck Ron.

Has anyone given RSP some feedback on this? 

Good point.  My initial assumption was to think that the extra length was due to them sharing one cable design over multiple car models to spread costs.  Either that or I was shipped the wrong part so wanted some feedback from other people.

I'll go over today and measure the cable I have and send RSP some feedback and see what happens first.  Hopefully I don't have to get a whole new cable made up but if I do it's handy to know who to go to to get that done so thanks both neglectedtorana and Cook for the info.  I've made a note of both of those business just in case I need them.

Ive found RSP appreciate feedback like this. But yes, it could be a case of one size fits all. 

I ordered one longer than std for a TH350, was only about 15 to 30 dollars more to have a special made.

Just spoken with Rares, they're going to check the length of a genuine cable they have to compare with what's in the pack they have on the shelf.

The length of the cable he pulled out of a packet was 2.010 metres tip to tip.

I'll pull the cable I've got and measure that and we'll be able to find out whether it's just a packaging error or not.

Where was that from, and how much total.

Edited by mugginz, 30 May 2019 - 01:19 PM.

I had exactly the same problem, I took the cable back (9943810) and also took in my original LX cable(with the factory sticker and grommet in place).

The manager didn't want to know about the problem and told me my factory cable could of been from a different car or an aftermarket cable. The factory cable has the part number molded in the rubber grommet. I bought the UC cable (9940225) and opened on the counter - it was the same length as my original LX cable.

My best guess is at some point in the past Rare Spares acquired a NOS LHD Torana cable and used that as the basis for the length of there reproductions. There is no gearbox set-up that would need a cable that long in an LH/LX torana.

LX and UC are the same fittings both ends to suit : Gearbox end Trimatic or M20/21, Instrument end Plastic clip style. Don't even bother trying to "educate" Rare Spares. I tried and they just aren't interested at the store level.

So I spoke to Alex at Rares and even though my cable was purchased about 5 years ago (but not installed until the other day), he made good and exchanged my 2 odd metre cable for a UC one.

I'll install it tomorrow and that will be another job I can tick off the list.

Many thanks to Alex.

Edited by mugginz, 05 June 2019 - 10:45 PM.