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Re: speedo cables

To: "Ron & Susan" <rroach@direct.ca>
Subject: Re: speedo cables
From: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 11:37:41 -0500
In message <006801c05f91$735f5ca0$2c8e42d8@hal>you write:
>
>Hey listers,
>Well after many LBC's I finally have one with overdrive!  It cost a hell of
>a lot, but the drive home was a riot!  The difference in revs at
>100kmh(60mph) is amazing!

   Glad to hear your overdrive conversion works well.

>One thing that nees to be fixed though....  A new speedo cable was
>installed, and an MGB angle drive was used at the transmission.  The speedo
>stopped working on the way home, which happened to the fellow installing the
>tranny earlier.  He thought he had it fixed, but it's happened again.  He's
>not evtirely convinced that the speedo cable is a proper one.  The end of
>the cable is shaped ovalish, and not square like other cables.  Is this
>right?  Maybe the MGB angle drive is not grabbing the cable properly.  I'll
>get the cable off the back of the speedo soon to see if it turns.
>Any other ideas?
>
   When I took my gearbox off for a rebuild two years ago I remember the
   speedo cable is square on both ends.

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