Re: Speedometer

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

If the cable and gear are okay, the problem is in the guts of the 
speedometer. The speedometer uses magnets and springs to move and stabilize 
the needle. These things wear out with age. There are places that can 
repair them. I've never sent any gauges out to be repaired but US 
Speedometer advertises in Rod & Custom (they can also recalibrate gauges 
for different sending units if needed).

Matt

At 05:44 PM 8/12/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> That was really weird. Last night I went for a ride in my Javelin (1970).
> When I left the speedometer was working fine. About half way through
> the cruise I looked at it and it had stopped functioning. I've never had
> the dash apart. The car has 105,000 miles. Taken very good care of. I
> installed a new cable when I swapped in the T5 manual. The gears all
> looked good in the transmission (no teeth missing) when I was assembling it.
> I have no idea where to start looking for potential problems. I will pull
> the
> drive out of the back of the transmission tonight and check it out. I took
> the
> cable off the back of the speedometer after my cruise last night but noticed
> nothing
> unusual. Is there something inside the speedo itself that may fail? If so,
> is it fixable?
> Open to suggestions and asking for help,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Armand

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