I have OD, but with the longer cable I seem to have plenty of slack (even
too much -- I had to tie it to the tranny mount to keep it from
dangling), though I think I routed it differently than stock.
I also have an angle drive that I'm not using, if you wanted to make me
an offer...
David Councill had this to say:
>You have a couple of options. You can get the angle drive fixed. I'm not
>sure how difficult it is but Mo-Ma in Albuquerque still repairs them. They
>quoted me $45 and they can be reached by email at Momanm@aol.com
>
>The other option would be to not use the angle drive. Some people just get
>the longer o/d speedometer cable and run it direct into the tranny without
>the angle drive. Since I have an o/d, I already had the longer cable but
>not the intended slack you get with the non-overdrive. I was still able to
>do without the angle drive but my son wrecked the car after about 500 miles
>on the angle drive removal. So I don't know whether such a bypass will lead
>to more stress on the cable but it seemed to work fine during my short time
>doing it that way.
>
>David
>
>At 08:05 PM 11/15/00 -0800, Eugene Harrison wrote:
>>I have just lost my speedo. The problem is with the angle drive on the
>>trany. The short inner cable from the angle drive to the trany speedo
>>drive gear has sheared. My question is , has anyone successfully
>>replaced this stub inner cable in the angle drive. I am going to replace
>>
>>the long speedo cable anyway but the angle drive is very expensive and
>>appears to be in good working order except for the cable. I was able to
>>remove the gear with the cable remains by scraping off the crimped over
>>metal. the cable seems to be pressed into this gear but I'm not sure.
>>Suggestions?
>> Eugene
>>'79 MGB daily driver
>>'52 Jag Mk VII rust lump cat nursery
>
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