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Check the earth by the accelerator pedal first. Sounds earth related!
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wish mine went up to 110 haha
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Hah odd one but yes as niall says sounds earth related
If its of any interest, if your battery is dying then the dials will do that sweep on startup but only for a second
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nah battery is fine it does it when im going along in the rain but illl check the earth now! cheers
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my speedo started playing up, when driving it would flicker from like 30 to 100 to 10 to what ever, then sometimes not work at all.. but that was just the speedo... i read up on it and people said it was the earth etc etc, i tested the speedometer sensor and it was giving out a good voltage, but i changed it and its never gone wrong since... so even though it was working when i tested it, something internally on it was playing up...
but yours seems more like something electrical if they are all going crazy
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sure its not just epic boost kicking in?
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haha i wish it was epic boost kicking in! its pretty standard atm... remap tomorrow tho. and yeah dont think its the speedo it doesnt do it unless the wipers are on ill try and get a video tomorrow
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Gearbox earth quite common to fail with similar problems
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Check the cables going from the engine to the earth point just infront of the battery box and the battery to the chassis...
Exactly what mine did when one of the cables was getting dodgy.
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in.
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cheers ruan me and darren checked them yesterday and they all seem fine bloody thing!
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Have you tried simply a different battery?
Often does it if your battery is on it's way out... They go to 110 when they lose power and they're trying to move, as they have to recalibrate, so it's definitely a power issue somewhere.
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in.
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it only does it when the automatic wipers are on or when i push down on the wiper switch to activate them once and its not all the time
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Just rename the wiper stalk "hyperspace stalk" and see the mot tester take it for a test drive
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lol i wish it was that simple to fix!