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Rich broom



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Td5 speedo in tdi
Just a quickie.
When retrofitting a td5 speedo into a 300tdi, can I use a disco 300tdi speedo drive or do I need a td5 unit?
Many thanks
Rich
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you need a td5 transducer and some 3 core cable to replace the tdi speedo cable. Thumbs Up I've just done it myself My 109 thread

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Don't buy a Britpart transducer, lots of reports of them failing quickly.  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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everything you need to know here
http://www.retroanaconda.com/landrover/200...tdi300tdi/ My 109 thread

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It's a ubiquitous Econoseal 3 pin connector too Thumbs Up  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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Post #445028 10th Aug 2015 9:34pm
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Rich broom



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Cheers chaps.
Shame I can't use the 300 TDI transducer as I have a few sat here
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Retroanaconda



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Technically you can, but you would have to re-program the speedo head's EEPROM to accept a different number of pulses per mile. I have also seen someone take apart the Disco unit and modify he rotating magnet to have more 'lobes' which effectively increased/decreased (I forget which) the number of pulses generated per mile to match what is required by the speedo head.

There's a good thread on LR4x4 where a couple of clever chaps reverse-engineered the speedo head and decoded a lot of the internal programming.
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Rich broom



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That sound like a lot of Censored about for the same of a £30 transducer
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Retroanaconda



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You're right, though they're closer to £70 now.
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