David,
When my angle drive went out it also worked when removed from the trans.
What I found was the cable that sticks out of it and goes into the trans
was rounded a little - and I mean a very little. It was slipping inside
the trans. I got a used one from another list member and now works fine.
It had me stumped for quite awhile as it worked and the wear on the
cable was so minor it was hardly detectable. If I had it to do over I
would probably go with others suggestions and just get an O/D cable and
not put the angle drive back in.
Denny
On Thu, 19 Jun 1997 17:56:05 -0600 David Councill <dcouncil@inetco.net>
writes:
>For those of you with a good memory, you may recall my tire blow up. I
>finally found a tire distributor here in Billings (MT) that has
>175/70R14
>in stock for about $52, three different brands including a
>Michelin.
>
>But while pricing tires, I decided to fix my speedometer which went
>out a
>couple of months ago. I convinced my son and potential MG initiate to
>remove the right angle drive, a difficult task in my 71BGT with O/D.
>
>He pulled it out and I was pleased to find it was actually still good.
>To
>make a long story short, I pulled out the cable and the speedo, and
>much to
>my shock, they all worked when I tested them with my trusty drill.
>
>Now that only leaves one place - the transmission. As I recall, its
>just
>another piece with a gear on it that theoretically should be easy to
>remove
>with transmission in place.
>
>Has anyone had problems in this area or have an idea what may have
>gone
>bad? Over the years, I have gone through a few cables, a speedometer
>or
>two, and several right angle drives - but never anything else in the
>speedo
>circuit.
>
>
>David
>
>
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>David Councill
>dcouncil@imt.net
>dcouncil@inetco.net
>http://www.imt.net/~dcouncil
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