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Damo
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Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 4661 Location: Brisbane
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:04 pm |
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My ECU is throwing the VSS code, and after much whinging and seeing JrZook's solution I decided to have a crack.
Vero board and reed switch were about $12 at Jaycar.
Cut out a piece of vero board
Test fit, trim to suit
Drilled mounting holes
Vero board screwed in place with self tappers cut to size
Reed switch soldered into place. These are fragile so be CAREFUL when bending the legs, you can crack the glass tube. Hey JrZook!!
Vero board in place with reed switch mounted
Found a wierd looking screw in my box of bits, soldered a wire to it
The wierd screw fits PERFECT in the side of the speedo housing
When you mount the speedo assy. into the cluster housing that wierd looking screw lines up with one of the holes in the cluster housing...
...which lines up with an unused part of the circuit sheet on the back. I just scraped off the green insulation with a sharp blade
Solder some wires to the vero board
Mount the speedo assy. into the cluster housing. The bolts go through here...
...and come out here
The one on the left just gets a nut on it, that pad that I scraped back is a ground. The one on the right hand side needs to connect to the VSS wire on the ECU. The red thing is a silicon washer to protect the circuit board underneath
Nuts and lock washers hold the eye terminal. I'll crimp a wire on to that terminal which will go to the VSS wire on my ECU.
Big thanks and props go to JrZook!!!
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Bruce
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Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 4003 Location: Brisbane
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:41 pm |
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Great work mate.
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Rusho
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Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 6501 Location: Northside, Brisbane
Vehicle: Coily Sierra
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:46 pm |
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Good work Damo...by the time I can afford a 1.6 either yourself and JrZook will be masters at this
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Damo
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Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 4661 Location: Brisbane
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:12 pm |
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Hopefully this will explain a little better just how it works.
The reed switch is normally open and when the magnetised part of the speedo drive passes over it, it closes the circuit.
Here I have a multimeter hooked up to it and am driving the speedo head with a screwdriver. Each time it beeps is a pulse that goes to the ECU. The frequency of these pulses tells the ECU how fast the vehicle is travelling.
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Last edited by Damo on Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:14 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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zukenutter
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Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 9045 Location: Brisneyland
Vehicle: 2006 Jimny JLX
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:20 pm |
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That's pretty cool.
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shep
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 14491 Location: Here there everywhere
Vehicle: A manly awesome man jimny
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:49 pm |
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it has got me fucked how you clever type people come up with this stuff.
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zukenutter
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Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 9045 Location: Brisneyland
Vehicle: 2006 Jimny JLX
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:53 pm |
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shep wrote: it has got me fucked how you clever type people come up with this stuff.
I don't even know what vero board is, apart from that it's the copper colour stuff in the pic
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JrZook
Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 5517 Location: Holland Park
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:42 pm |
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shep wrote: it has got me fucked how you clever type people come up with this stuff.
Someone's gotta do it! Rum deffinatly helps!
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shep
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 14491 Location: Here there everywhere
Vehicle: A manly awesome man jimny
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:49 pm |
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JrZook wrote: shep wrote: it has got me fucked how you clever type people come up with this stuff. Someone's gotta do it! Rum deffinatly helps!
rum drinkers
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Damo
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Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 4661 Location: Brisbane
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:31 am |
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zukenutter wrote: shep wrote: it has got me fucked how you clever type people come up with this stuff. I don't even know what vero board is, apart from that it's the copper colour stuff in the pic
I just copy other ppl
Vero board is circuit board material with holes in a grid patter and copper traces in lines. You can make a proto circuit board with it by soldering on your components and cutting the copper traces where you dont want a circuit. Jaycar etc has it.
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canberramav
Joined: Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 643 Location: Canberra
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:16 am |
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Hey Damo
Is the circuit that you used for the earth already and earth circuit or was it completely unused and you grounded it?
Cheers
Im just trying to do this myself. Also what settings do you use on the multimeter to test it? (I have no idea)
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Damo
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Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 4661 Location: Brisbane
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:49 pm |
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canberramav wrote: Hey Damo
Is the circuit that you used for the earth already and earth circuit or was it completely unused and you grounded it?
Cheers
Im just trying to do this myself. Also what settings do you use on the multimeter to test it? (I have no idea)
The circuit that I connected to was earth already as part of that instrument cluster assembly. That reed switch is normally open, and when the magnet passes over it the circuit closes.
On the multimeter I just used the diode test feature, also known as continuity tester. It just beeps when the circuit is closed.
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Hybrid
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Joined: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 1095 Location: Bulimba, Brisbane
Vehicle: '92 Sierra
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:00 pm |
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Damo wrote: Found a wierd looking screw in my box of bits, soldered a wire to it
Looks like a robot is missing a tooth lol. That screw looks like it's built to go there. Very lucky. How come you can never find things in your junk when I need them
Great tech JR and Damo!
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Teracis
Joined: Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:03 pm Posts: 2261 Location: Gold Coast
Vehicle: Daisy
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:42 am |
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Just reading this and if you're having trouble finding a screw/bolt like that, just cut a notch in one or use one designed for a flat blade...
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4x4zook
Joined: Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:25 am Posts: 151 Location: australia port augus
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:32 pm |
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probly a silly question but is this done with the standard sierra vss thingy or a vitara vss? can i do this with my standard sierra speedo?
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Damo
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Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 4661 Location: Brisbane
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:03 am |
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4x4zook wrote: probly a silly question but is this done with the standard sierra vss thingy or a vitara vss? can i do this with my standard sierra speedo?
The speedo in the pics is a Sierra speedo from a WT. The VSS is made from scratch as I didn't have the unit from a Vitara speedo.
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TASSIETOYUKI
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Joined: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 487 Location: Rosevears Tas
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:33 pm |
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I am guessing that the magnetised part is standard within the sierra head? you just add the pickup sensor? (reed switch)
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JrZook
Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 5517 Location: Holland Park
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:52 pm |
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TASSIETOYUKI wrote: I am guessing that the magnetised part is standard within the sierra head? you just add the pickup sensor? (reed switch)
Correcto!
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4x4zook
Joined: Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:25 am Posts: 151 Location: australia port augus
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:10 pm |
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thankyou so much!! ive just done this to my zook by following your instructions and what an improvement!! thankyou!
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gvzookdriver
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Joined: Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 1833 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: Sold zuk got a Bt50
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:01 am |
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Ok so how do you get the face of the speedo off ???
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Damo
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Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 4661 Location: Brisbane
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:46 am |
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gvzookdriver wrote: Ok so how do you get the face of the speedo off ???
Gently pull off the speedo needle and unscrew the two small screws in the face. The face itself should then lift off.
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jimbo_jones
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Joined: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 4362 Location: gong
Vehicle: 2015 Jimny, LJ50, Maruti
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:52 pm |
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will this work the same witht he n/t cluster?
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JrZook
Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 5517 Location: Holland Park
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:13 pm |
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Pretty sure the speedo mechanism is the same between NT and WT hence yes it will work
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jimbo_jones
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Joined: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 4362 Location: gong
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 1:21 pm |
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JrZook wrote: Pretty sure the speedo mechanism is the same between NT and WT hence yes it will work cool thanks
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GOMEZ
Joined: Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:17 am Posts: 130 Location: Working
Vehicle: s-box Jim,,cam,comm.
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:31 am |
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Your defiantly switched on JrZook. (Pardon the pun) That's great thinking Nice work to Damo. This is a great visual post
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monley
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Joined: Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:58 am Posts: 11092 Location: Mandurah.W.A.
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 9:34 am |
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Grave dig here, but I ended up doing some thing different for the vss and used the vss from vit cluster which bolts straight into the seirra speedo unit (1.3 NT&WT unit) Just another option for vss
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killazook
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Joined: Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:37 pm Posts: 230
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 9:18 pm |
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What model vitara did you use the g16b ones I assume
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