
Speed sensor - again
- Whoa Nelly
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Speed sensor - again
My speedo has died again after sulking, then coming back to life for a while. No joy on ebay etc - does anyone know whether there is any interchangeableness between other Honda sensors before I shell out £112+vat
at David Silvers?

WN! '99 Firestorm, furry dice & 2lbs of dead insects
Re: Speed sensor - again
Yes, almost always, but you'll need to take yours to a big breakers and see what they've got that looks the same.
Take a vernier gauge with you to check bolt centres and how far it sticks into the engine.
They won't take them back again, so make sure you have a suitable one.
But it's more lilkely to be the back of the speedo itself than a sensor, unless you've already metered it out and are sure that this is where the problem is.
Take a vernier gauge with you to check bolt centres and how far it sticks into the engine.
They won't take them back again, so make sure you have a suitable one.
But it's more lilkely to be the back of the speedo itself than a sensor, unless you've already metered it out and are sure that this is where the problem is.
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
- Whoa Nelly
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Re: Speed sensor - again
Cheers Tony - I'll go & have a poke about with the meter again, maybe in a rather less half-assed way than last time 

WN! '99 Firestorm, furry dice & 2lbs of dead insects
Re: Speed sensor - again
http://fiche.ronayers.com/Index.cfm/Mod ... ETER_01-05
To find if the unit is common to any other Honda models - Look up the part no. (37700-MBB-000) for speedo sensor in the reverse part no. look up search facility
http://fiche.ronayers.com/Index.cfm
To find if the unit is common to any other Honda models - Look up the part no. (37700-MBB-000) for speedo sensor in the reverse part no. look up search facility
http://fiche.ronayers.com/Index.cfm
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- Whoa Nelly
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Re: Speed sensor - again
Cheers for that Wicky, very useful to know.
I've metered out the connections as per the system inspection in the manual, and again for the speed sensor itself, and all the readings seem ok.
Anything else I can check before trying a different sensor? (big thanks to Benny for the loan of one)
I've metered out the connections as per the system inspection in the manual, and again for the speed sensor itself, and all the readings seem ok.

WN! '99 Firestorm, furry dice & 2lbs of dead insects
- Phil-VTwin
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Re: Speed sensor - again
If you get the 0 to 5V pulse on the pink/green wire at the cluster end then its probably the speedo that needs replacing.
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Phil
Phil