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RE: tr6 speedo cable

To: "'TR6 List'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: tr6 speedo cable
From: Peter Zaborski <peterz@merak.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 10:38:42 -0700
> Thanks Dan for your prompt response. Do you know this from experience
> though? I ask because another lister replied to me that he had
> problems fitting the early cable to the speedo housing. Apparently the
> ends were "different" enough for him to cause him to re-install the
> counter.
> 
> So I now have conflicting reports and am dubious (for now) about
> ordering the older cable if it will not be a fit.
> 
> Hoping you (or someone else) can shed some further light on this...
> 
> Peter Zaborski
> 76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
> Calgary AB Canada
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DANMAS@aol.com [SMTP:DANMAS@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 10:29 AM
> To:   peterz@merak.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Re: tr6 speedo cable
> 
> In a message dated 97-10-29 11:59:54 EST, peterz@merak.com writes:
> 
> > Two things here:
> >  
> >  1. I want to eliminate the EGR counter from my speedo cable
> routing. Is
> >  it correct to assume that the older (pre 74) cable will work with
> my 76
> >  o/d & speedometer setup?
> >  
> >  2. My speedometer works just fine at speeds above 15-20 mph but at
> these
> >  low speeds, it really flutters. Is the cable the most likely
> culprit or
> >  should I be peering inside the gauge?
> 
> Peter:
> 
> 1. Yes
> 
> 2. Could be the gauge, but it's most likely the cable
> 
> Dan Masters,
> Alcoa, TN
> 
> '71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
> '71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion
> - see:
>                     http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
> '74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition
> '68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
> 

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