Saxo / 106 Dials

11th January 2014, 10:09

Right, what sort of wizardry is involved in removing these blighters?

No problem in the VTS, and I'm not entirely incompetent, I've removed the engine, box, loom, beam and fuel tank myself, however I appear to be being mocked by the dial setup.

I imagine it's because this 106 I'm attempting to remove the dials from has a cable drive speedo, but basically I can't prise the clocks back out of the dash far enough to get any access behind them to undo anything? I can't see any way in from underneath, am I missing something? Is there a magic "cable release" trick?

I'm putting enough pressure on it to make the plastic of the dials creak, if I have to smash them so be it but I'd really rather not. I've done a search but I can only find dial guides for digital cars.

11th January 2014, 10:47

Scratch that, done it. My speedo cable must have pulled really tight when I removed the engine as I might have forgotten to undo it from the gearbox a bit.

I forced it back through the bulkhead from the engine bay some, and it gave me some more room to get my hands behind the dash.

For anyone else attempting this, it's not bolted in, it simply pulls out with some force and a click, all the other connections have a tab securing them you have to push out of the way while you pull the plugs out.