Right you clever lot, looking for some ideas.

Took my car down the weighbridge this morning to see how porky it is. 618kgs wet so not to bad but I need to lose some more weight.

On the way back I hit a rock on the motorway. It bounced up under the car and has but a nice big dent in the transmission tunnel by the passenger side

Wose still its damaged the speedo. It now reads about 50% lower than it should. Any ideas what might be damaged? I assume it has hit the sender on the gearbox somewhere.

Dave

[Edited on 15-7-2007 by Worzey]

lost a magnet

Okay, thanks!!!!

I'm not gonna go back a look for it.

That'll be a new job to do next week then.

Find a magnet on the motorway! That will take some doing. It's probably stuck itself to a tube in the transmission tunnel.

Geoff

LMAO - I mean I'll fix it next week. Not go looking for the lost magnet!

At least with a speedo only reading half speed the mileage will only show half of actual mileage

bet it wont be half as economical though

UPDATE

Yep - Lost a magnet so will need to buy another one.

Reason I lost it is also clear now. A balance weight on the propshaft has come off which explains the bang and the dent in the transmission tunnel.

This could have either hit the magnet or the vibration could have shaken it off although the car didn't feel any different when driving it home.

Either way, I'm gonna have to remove the prop now and get it balanced again