Thanks, David.
It's highly likely that the speedo is not a 67 model. It's a Smith's 1040
and has the high beam embedded (like Geraldo Rivera once was in Iraq) in the
bottom. The ignition light is on the tach on this car.
Monte
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Councill" <dcouncil@imt.net>
To: "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>; "MG list" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: odometer
> Monte,
>
> I'll have to look at one of my spare speedometers (newer ones but same
type
> of reset device). It sounds like you need to locate another speedometer to
> at least get the missing knob piece so if you find one, it doesn't need to
> be a working speedometer. I don't remember whether it attaches to the case
> or through a hole to mesh with the gears of the odomotor. However, the 67
> and earlier speedometers are a bit larger and have the ignition light on
> the speedometer. I'll see better how it works later when I get home unless
> someone else recalls how the part actually attaches.
>
> Its also possible that you can have your speedo fixed with a new odometer
> knob thing from Nisonger or Mo-ma. You can email Mo-Ma at momanm@aol.com
> and they can give you more details on whether they could fix it and for
how
> much. They are in New Mexico.
>
> David
>
> At 10:48 AM 5/23/2003 -0500, MonteMorris wrote:
> >David, et. al,
> >
> >I guess the 67 doesn't have a "push rod" odometer adjustment :-). As Paul
> >indicates, the 79B has the little rod through the front glass that you
push
> >to reset, and I guess you can feel it possibly turning as you push it in.
> >So is there a fix to this problem, or is a new speedo in order? Is there
a
> >website that addresses this problem?
> >Monte
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