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Goaty

New Member

• May 7, 2007

• #1

Hi,
I am new to the landrover world and i currently have a 1988 90 with a 200tdi fitted but i am unable to wire my sat nav in as i dont think there is a speed pulse sensor.
Now i have thought there maybe a way to trick the sat nav into thinking it moving buy giving it a Tacho pulse but am unsure on this. If not i have been told that the TD5's use an electronic speedo with a speed sensor.
Would it be possible to change the clocks and speed cable in my 90 to the TD5 dash??? i have seen some going on ebay.
cheers in advance

 

revjames

New Member

• May 7, 2007

• #2

I run a Disco 300Tdi and use a Tom Tom one. It knows how fast I am going if I walk, run, ride a bike or even go out in my boat so I dont think it needs any speed pulse thingy. I could be wrong though.

 

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Goaty

New Member

• May 7, 2007

• #3

hi,
thaks for the quick reply but mine is a pioneer built into my cd player. I know i have to have it connected as i tried it without before and no joy. Not sure though if i just needs some sort of pulse to tell it to start working or if it actually calculates the movement with it.
If not i could just use a tacho pulse from the alternator to trick it?? with a fuse just in case??? anyone shed some light??

I cant see it being to hard to swap to some TD5 clocks......

 

revjames

New Member

• May 7, 2007

• #4

I thought they worked out your speed from satellite distance calculations. I know the speed readings on mine disappear when I go into a tunnel. Be worth checking with the manufacturer perhaps?

 

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Goaty

New Member

• May 7, 2007

• #5

been hunting and it looks like i do need to VSS signal, so its now either swap the td5 clocks in with the electornic speedo or buy a speed pulse generator....

 

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stobbie

New Member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #6

Hi, sorry for replying to such an old topic, but I was wondering if you have found a solution for this problem yet..

 

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Goaty

New Member

• Sep 16, 2007

• #7

hi,
yeah i bought a speed pulse generator for my sat nav, but the td5 clock conversion is a better method in my opinion. Once you get some clocks its and easy swap and the look better too.

 

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CharlesY

Well-Known Member

• Sep 16, 2007

• #8

Whatever way you do this, the satnav will still have to "see" the satellites, and requires an antenna of some sort to have a clear view UP.

CharlesY