Renewing vehicle speed sender -G68- — VW
Renewing vehicle speed sender -G68- on VW: factory workshop procedure. Full factory text, tools and checks.
Workshop procedure for VW — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
Special tools, workshop equipment, testers, measuring instruments and auxiliary items required
10-222 A Support assembly
10-222 A/8 Support
V.A.G 1331 Torque wrench
Supplementary information
Workshop Manual New Beetle 1999 ä Electrical system
Removing
Fitting location: The vehicle speed sender -arrow- is located on the top of the gearbox.
The sender is hidden by the left-hand subframe mounting when the gearbox ins installed.
First check whether a coded radio is fitted. If this is the case obtain the anti-theft coding.
With ignition switched off disconnect battery earth strap and remove battery.
Pull intake hose -1- and connector -2- off air mass meter.
Pull secondary air pump hose -3- off air cleaner housing.
Remove bolts -4-, -5- and -6-.
Remove air cleaner complete.
Erect support device 10-222 A with adapters 10-222 A/8.
Do not seat adapter 10-222 A/8 on securing bolts for front end/mud wing.
When hoses or wiring are still located in the vicinity of the engine lifting eyes for support assembly 10-222 A they must be removed now.
Pretension the engine assembly by means of the spindles.
Raise vehicle.
Remove bracket for power steering pressure lines (with retainer for wiring harness) from gearbox.
Only remove gearbox mounting bolts -arrows- once the gearbox is supported.
Remove pendulum support -arrows-.
Lower gearbox approx. 60 mm -a-.
Pull black connector off sender.
Remove bolt/screw, pull out sender -1-.
Installing
Install in reverse order. When doing this note the following:
Always renew sender O-ring.
Tightening sender bolt/screw => page
38-61
, item
28
.
Installing pendulum support => page
37-101
.
Bolting gearbox mounting to gearbox=> page
37-101
.
Connect the battery earth strap.
=> Electrical system; Repair group 27; Battery; Removing and installing battery
Electrical system
Battery
Removing and installing battery
Enter radio code.
=> Radio, Telephone, Navigation; Repair group 91; Radio systems: Anti-theft alarm code for radio
Radio, Telephone, Navigation
Radio systems: Anti-theft alarm code for radio
Initialise electric power windows, set correct time on clock.
=> Maintenance manual
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