>Everybody passes me even if I'm doing 65 on the freeway. Is it the
speedo cable, or is everybody just jealous of my car?
The speedometer error I've read about in Bricklin's would have been
unbelievably easy to prevent / fix during development of the car. Since
it wasn't fixed then it should be easy to do now. For 74 automatics
(727 mopar) both Chrysler and AMC had charts that identified
speedometer gears for different axle ratio's and tire sizes. The
speedometer gear is a color coded plastic gear that goes onto the end
of the speedometer cable adaptor, which is held into the transmission
(on the drivers side near the rear mount) by a single bolt. The
adaptor is eccentric to cater for different gear diameters. Everything
should be easily accessible (I've never actually worked on a real
Bricklin - yet) from underneath the car and the change will take 5
minutes. Assuming the gears are available, and they should be, go to a
Chrysler dealer armed with your tire size (or a size equivalent in
diameter if you've got weird tires) and axle ratio and a good parts man
should be able to provide you with the right part. It might be a good
idea to take your old gear as there were a few variations in the mid
70's (because of weird emissions hardware I think). The Ford FMX in
75's
should also have an assortment of gears available, but I've never
worked on one of those so I'm not sure. The Ford C6 does and has axle
ratio / tire size charts, but there is only a limited range of gears
available before you have to change the drive gear on the transmission
output shaft, which is obviously more work. An FMX is probably similar.
Ken
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