1996 LH119 4WD camper speedo cable - part number and source?

Hi Folks - have just acquired an auto 1996 2.8 4wd hiace. It has an analogue speedo dial, so I assume that its cable driven.

The speedo sometimes has a mind of its own - sometimes stable and fine, other time's the needle is swinging all over the place. I suspect it's the cable on it's last legs or sticking, but am open to your thoughts suggestions on this.

I've looked everywhere, but simply cannot find a part number or source for a replacement cable. Looked on megazip, but not listed. Is there a standard part that everyone uses? Can anyone confirm the part number?

Thanks for your help.

Matt

Hi Matt,

If you get yourself on http://www.toyodiy.com and put in the details of your VIN you should be able to find the part number there.

Hope that helps.

Rich

mankey wrote:

Hi Folks - have just acquired an auto 1996 2.8 4wd hiace. It has an analogue speedo dial, so I assume that its cable driven.

For a 1996 I'd say that was unlikely, my 1996 Hiace has an analogue speedo and rev counter: both electronic fed gauges.
Also if a cable stops, it twists and mangles - I suspect you have no cable.

If you do find out it's all electronic there is a tendency for the gauges after a while to develop 'dry-joints'. My rev counter did the same as yours and I re-soldered the PCB that drove it and now it works fine. There was a tiny hairline crack in the solder that it fixed.

There's some youtubes about this happening on older cars, including Toyota.

GPW wrote:

mankey wrote:

Hi Folks - have just acquired an auto 1996 2.8 4wd hiace. It has an analogue speedo dial, so I assume that its cable driven.

For a 1996 I'd say that was unlikely, my 1996 Hiace has an analogue speedo and rev counter: both electronic fed gauges.
Also if a cable stops, it twists and mangles - I suspect you have no cable.

If you do find out it's all electronic there is a tendency for the gauges after a while to develop 'dry-joints'. My rev counter did the same as yours and I re-soldered the PCB that drove it and now it works fine. There was a tiny hairline crack in the solder that it fixed.

There's some youtubes about this happening on older cars, including Toyota.

Both - thanks for your comments - good tip anyway 'toldsimply'.

GPW - Ok. well, this has to be the first thing to check and could be the reason that I can't find a cable? Megazip show 2 speedometer driver gears for the lh119:
https://www.megazip.net/zapchasti-dlya-avtomobilej/toyota/hiace-38414/lh119-54731/lh119v-srpds-909965/speedometer-driven-gear-atm-17719043
https://www.megazip.net/zapchasti-dlya-avtomobilej/toyota/hiace-38414/lh119-54731/lh119v-srpds-909965/speedometer-driven-gear-atm-17719038

The latter looking like an electronic feed and being 96 onwards - I guess this could this be the case?
Interestingly, the needle flies about even when reversing. I wonder if that's a knackered drive or a knackered speedo? I've seen a few threads on here about repairing electronic fed speedo's but it all looks a bit daunting tbh.

Sounds like you'll have to take it out to have a look-see.
Any auto-electrician should be able to reflow the solder connections if it is that, check out the videos:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=toyota+speedo+solder