----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff B" <jeffreymb@hotmail.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 10:39 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Fixed the ignition
> Now for the tough part....my speedometer doesn't work. When I got the
> truck, the cable squealed pretty bad and I took care of that, but the
speedo
> needle broke off. I fixed the needle and now the speedo doesn't show any
> speed. The needle just kind of wiggles. The odometer does work. Does
> anyone have any experience with speedometers? Is it possible to fix it?
Jeff, the odometer stopped on my '59 and it caused the needle to start
jumping. I replaced the odometer wheel assembly with one from a '83 Chevy
(same thing but plastic). In the process I had the hole thing apart. The
speedo needle has a cup with a spring on it thats driven by being close to a
kinda U shaped piece that spins real fast. I guess it turns the cup potion
(attached to the needle), just by being close to it. Be careful taking this
apart, you'll bend that delicate spring. I bent mine and had to fool around
and get it back to the right shape (the spring from the '83 was not the
same). I twisted on the spring until I could a 1000 rpm drill to show 60mph.
Some of the gears and other parts from the '83 speedo are the same.
Claude
1959 Apache Fleetside
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