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  • SafeAirOne
    Overdrive
    • Apr 2008
    • 3435

    #16
    Originally posted by bensdad
    uh oh. Just bought it from our hosts where do you apply lubrication and what kind? OR the answer is no.
    Perhaps someone else will tell what they use; You're asking the guy who's 5 year old speedo cable has been broken for the last few years due to due to lack of lubricant. Someday I'll get around to fishing that little piece of cable out of my transfer case too.
    --Mark

    1973 SIII 109 RHD 2.5NA Diesel

    0-54mph in just under 11.5 minutes
    (9.7 minutes now that she's a 3-door).

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    • lumpydog
      3rd Gear
      • May 2014
      • 383

      #17
      This article can help you get the problem sorted out. It talks about how to lubricate the cable and also other potential sources of your problem.
      1968 Series IIa
      1997 Defender SW (Original Owner - Sold)

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      • o2batsea
        Overdrive
        • Oct 2006
        • 1199

        #18
        I like swivel housing grease. SAE 00.

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        • slowmo
          2nd Gear
          • Dec 2014
          • 225

          #19
          My speedo bounces around quicker than a politician changes which side of his mouth he talks from. I will likely get it rebuilt someday, but honestly, why does a Series Rover need a speedo anyway? Do you need to know how slow you are going? It should actually be call a slowdometer for our trucks. I'm going to paste a picture of a turtle over mine until I win the lottery.

          The only time I pass any vehicle is when they are parked. The only way I could ever get a speeding ticket is if I zoom through a school zone. I'm not worried about the kids though. They will hear me coming 5 minutes before I get there.
          Last edited by slowmo; 03-12-2015, 01:38 PM.
          --David

          1959 TR3
          1970 Series IIa 88" ("Homer")

          My hovercraft is full of eels.

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          • cedryck
            5th Gear
            • Sep 2010
            • 836

            #20
            SloMo, that is hysterical. A slowdometer, just awesome. The only people I pass are standing, not driving.

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            • bensdad
              Low Range
              • Mar 2014
              • 77

              #21
              I hear ya slowmo. If I don't get it working it will join the long list of unfinished or incomplete parts on this thing.

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