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Re: Speedos

To: walker@hprpcd.rose.hp.com (Darrell Walker)
Subject: Re: Speedos
From: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdln.spd.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 91 10:01:52 PST
| > I've seen lots of bouncy speedos and can't recall any that read way high on
| > a regular basis. Some read low. Ive worked on a few speedos and I don't 
|recall 
| > any thing that would explain a very high reading better than wrong gearing. 
|  :^)
| >  

| 
| My personal experience is this:  On my 66 TR4A the speedo started to read
| 80 MPH at 60, a few minutes later the cable broke.  Replacing the cable
| returned the speedo to normal.
| 

Anyone had one do this on a regular basis or just a brief burst of glory on the
way out? I've got one thats had a 5 or 6 mph bounce for a couple years but
seems to average about right.



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