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DIY VSS - thanks JrZook!!!
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Author:  Damo [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:04 pm ]
Post subject:  DIY VSS - thanks JrZook!!!
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
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Test fit, trim to suit
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Drilled mounting holes
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Vero board screwed in place with self tappers cut to size
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Reed switch soldered into place. These are fragile so be CAREFUL when bending the legs, you can crack the glass tube. Hey JrZook!!
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Vero board in place with reed switch mounted
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Found a wierd looking screw in my box of bits, soldered a wire to it
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The wierd screw fits PERFECT in the side of the speedo housing
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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...
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...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
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Solder some wires to the vero board
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Mount the speedo assy. into the cluster housing. The bolts go through here...
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...and come out here
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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
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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.
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Big thanks and props go to JrZook!!!
Author:  Bruce [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:41 pm ]
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Great work mate. :-)
Author:  Rusho [ 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 :wink: :wink:
Author:  Damo [ 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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Author:  zukenutter [ Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:20 pm ]
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That's pretty cool.
Author:  shep [ 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.
Author:  zukenutter [ 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
Author:  JrZook [ 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! :wink:
Author:  shep [ 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! :wink:


rum drinkers :roll: :lol:
Author:  Damo [ 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 :lol:

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.
Author:  canberramav [ 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)
Author:  Damo [ 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.
Author:  Hybrid [ 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
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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 :P

Great tech JR and Damo!
Author:  Teracis [ 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...
Author:  4x4zook [ 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?
Author:  Damo [ 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.
Author:  TASSIETOYUKI [ 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)
Author:  JrZook [ 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!
Author:  4x4zook [ 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!
Author:  gvzookdriver [ Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:01 am ]
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Ok so how do you get the face of the speedo off ???
Author:  Damo [ 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.
Author:  jimbo_jones [ Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:52 pm ]
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will this work the same witht he n/t cluster?
Author:  JrZook [ 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
Author:  jimbo_jones [ 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
Author:  GOMEZ [ 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 :-)
Author:  monley [ 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) :D

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Just another option for vss
Author:  killazook [ 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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