On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, TR6 Triumph wrote:
> Ok, its a nice day out. So I took her for a ride. Remember: my 1969 TR6
> 4-speed manual transmission, first time on the road in 17 years? Today I
> drove several times at an indicated 65 MPH on the speedometer and the
> tachometer indicated 3650 RPM !!!!!! Help. Too high. What does this
> mean??? Do I have a 4.10 rear? Did the previous owner change it maybe?
> Could it have been ordered this way? Or should I just disconnect both the
> speedometer and tachometer and drive it without either of them, that way
> I'll never know better (that's what I did 18 years ago, when I was last
> driving it).
You either have the wrong speedo or your tach is reading high (and need to
be recalibrated.
Note: if the gears were changed, the RPM/MPH reading is the same. The
actual speed would be slower for a given RPM, but the speedo would read
the same.
I'm assuming, of course that your speedo is NOT a GPS based speedo.
Find a measured mile and test your odometer and speedo functions with a
stop watch. This should help you drill down to the problem (whatever that
is).
> Sincerely,
> Dave Herbert
> 1969 TR6 and nothing else
regards,
rml
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