Subject: [TR] '72 TR6 Trip Odometer Stuck

From: William Smith <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 21:22:45 -0400

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A few hundred miles (but about 2 years ago, so it's out of warranty) I had
my TR6 speedo refurbished by Nisonger.  It was working fine until I tried
resetting the trip odometer after filling the tank with gas.

After getting the gas and getting on the highway, I noticed that I had not
reset the trip odometer. Having reset it in the past while moving without
incident, I proceeded to reset it.  This time, however, I managed to move
the tenths, individual miles, and tens place digits to move. However, when
it got to the hundreds digit, the trip odometer and it's adjustment
knob/cable jammed. When I stopped the car, I tried again, but no luck. The
regular odometer seems to be working ok so far, and I haven't driven far
enough to get the hundreds digit to reset itself after driving a hundred
miles since trying to reset.

So the question of the day is: Is there anything I can do to unjam the trip
odometer without major surgery??

(Dr. Tony Rhodes, I hope you're reading this. I  skimmed your article about
repairing speedos, but I didn't notice anything that addressed this
specifically - particularly without major surgery.)

As always, any advice will be appreciated.

Bill Smith
'72 TR6
'80 TR7

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ut of warranty) I had my TR6 speedo refurbished by Nisonger.=C2=A0 It was w=
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e=C2=A0tank with gas.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">After ge=
tting the gas and getting on the highway, I noticed that I had not reset th=
e trip odometer. Having reset it in the past while moving without incident,=
 I proceeded to reset it.=C2=A0 This time, however, I managed to move the t=
enths, individual miles, and tens place digits to move. However, when it go=
t to the hundreds digit, the trip odometer and it&#39;s adjustment knob/cab=
le jammed. When I stopped the car, I tried again, but no luck. The regular =
odometer seems to be working ok so far, and I haven&#39;t driven far enough=
 to get the hundreds digit to reset itself after driving a hundred miles si=
nce trying to reset.<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"=
><div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto">So the question of the day is: Is ther=
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From: Anthony Rhodes <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:16:46 -0400

I haven’t managed to break a speedo this way... yet.  And I think I must have set the trip odor while in motion. 

It sounds as if the trip odo is advancing properly so far but I would be wary of having the trip odo try and fail to index past the stuck 100’s wheel.  The wheels are gear driven and SOMETHING could easily strip and break if the wheel is stuck.  

I have not seen this type of failure so I don’t know for sure what is wrong.  Sorry I can’t help!

-Tony

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