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  • daveb
    5th Gear
    • Nov 2006
    • 513
    #16
    hi

    this procedure should not be necessary if everything is assembled correctly.

    Originally posted by thixon
    I just notice you said you bought the cable new, already assembled. If you did lube it, did you pull the inside of the cable out of the housing and lube it that way?
    ps 2nd gear!
    A Land Rover would never turn up to collect an Oscar. It'd be far too busy doing something important, somewhere, for someone."


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      • I Leak Oil
        Overdrive
        • Nov 2006
        • 1796
        #17
        Originally posted by daveb
        ps 2nd gear!
        Your the man Dave!
        Jason T. (now one post closer to 2nd gear!)
        Jason
        "Clubs are for Chumps" Club president

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          • yoc
            Low Range
            • Mar 2007
            • 26
            #18
            jumping speedo needle

            Hi, Got to work on the rover. 1st. dropped drive shaft at brake drum, removed cotter pin, tightend nut, was tight. 2nd. removed cable at tranny, rerouted, slight bends before and after rerouting. My three screws to hold cable to tranny are slotted what fun they were getting back in. made sure cable was centered to flange. Results, needle now bounces from 0-60 mph when moving in 1st/ 2nd at slow speed. when stepping on the gas needle stops bouncing and read correct. When I installed new complete cable I didn't lube. New from RN. Last time I replaced, I didn't lube and it worked fine. Next?

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              • siii8873
                Overdrive
                • Jul 2007
                • 1013
                #19
                speedo

                Interesting, mine was working fine untill yesterday. It seems to work just fine at any speed under 40mph. when I get up to about 50-55 it starts to jump between what I think is correct and about 70mph. Corrects itself when I slow down. Very timely thread I'll need to check some of these items.
                Thanks
                THING 1 - 1973 88 SIII - SOLD
                THING 2 -1974 88 SIII Daily Driver - SOLD
                THING 3 - 1969 88 SIIA Bugeye Project
                THING 4 - 1971 109 SIIA ExMod - SOLD
                THING 5 - 1958 109 PU
                THING 6 - 1954 86" HT

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                  • KingSlug
                    1st Gear
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 177
                    #20
                    Try googling MG speedo repair, I posted an article over on the GnR board once but cant find it now. Those guys are alot crazier than us, but someone wrote a doc with pics of how to repair a speedo that is exactly like the rovers. A lot of it is really in depth with calcs and such but they had solutions for correcting bounce and truing the speed.

                    Jared
                    Visit The Wandering Hippo (my 109 S2A Ambulance).

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                      • Alacrity
                        Low Range
                        • Dec 2006
                        • 28
                        #21
                        This it KingSlug?

                        http://home.comcast.net/~rhodes/speedo.html

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