Re: Speedometer
Posted by 53 Cavalier On 2023/9/3 11:41:04
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Thanks Ross! You know we all like to hear from Ross!
I'm Using the cable from my 53 Patrician parts car, so cable should be the issue. I'll take it for a drive with it disconnected later and see what happens. Very strange to me that it would work, then stop completely, then work again, then stop again.
I am 99.9% sure the cable is fully engaged in the speedo and that the speedometer itself is problem free. Could driving it a few hundred miles with out a speedo cable have caused damage to the drive gear? Doesn't seem like it should have. The drive gear was good enough a few months ago to break the old speedometer cable, so not sure why it would be an issue now.
I'll do some more checking and looking and report back what I find out.
Ross wrote:
Take a drive with the cable unhooked at the speedo and watch if the cable turns. Try and stop it with your fingers.Does your replacement cable core have a pressed on fitting at the upper end? Most replacement universal cores do, and it could be slipping inside the fitting. Just crimp it.
It is all but impossible to assemble anything wrong down at the trans end if you have Ultra. It simply won't go. It is conceivable that you have lost a tooth on the drive gear down at the trans, but that would be the first one I have seen in 50 years.
Thanks Ross! You know we all like to hear from Ross!
I'm Using the cable from my 53 Patrician parts car, so cable should be the issue. I'll take it for a drive with it disconnected later and see what happens. Very strange to me that it would work, then stop completely, then work again, then stop again.
I am 99.9% sure the cable is fully engaged in the speedo and that the speedometer itself is problem free. Could driving it a few hundred miles with out a speedo cable have caused damage to the drive gear? Doesn't seem like it should have. The drive gear was good enough a few months ago to break the old speedometer cable, so not sure why it would be an issue now.
I'll do some more checking and looking and report back what I find out.
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