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Post by Nacho-RT74 on Sept 1, 2014 23:43:17 GMT -5
Good news, the seller doesn't have just that one, but he has ANOTHER speedo! so after maybe 6 or 7 years waiting for one 240 speedo, I'll get in hands now 2!!!
the bad news: IT SEEMS on a further check by a seller "tech", the oil gauge and clock don't work. But since I don't trust on how he check them, will know for sure when all the stuff arrives.
I think will be selling pretty soon one speedo... 150 miles or 240 km, dunno.
some of you guys want a 240 Km speedo ?
( actually dunno if sell one of them yet, but could think on that )
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Post by Nacho-RT74 on Sept 2, 2014 14:48:09 GMT -5
false alarm... it seems the extra speedo is 75 and later B body ( but still 240 km )... did exist these in 150 miles up there ?
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Post by Nacho-RT74 on Sept 10, 2014 17:37:30 GMT -5
OK... I GOT IT... after a clean up, got to make it look nice:  but when I was working on lube a little bit the gears with vaseline, suddenlly HEARD A CRACK... AND FOUND WHERE IT CAME OUT!!!  S**T!!! 8 years searching for one and I srewed it up!!!  The broken bushing is the one what keeps the needle return coilspring in place to be able to get the needle to 0. It gets a lever, hold by the bushing installed with some pressure. With this piece loosen the needle moves freely. The lever can be moved to increase or decrease the spring tension. Making short the story, dissasemblied the speedo face ( now wondering how to get riveted back the face, it's glued by the moments ), and got to fix somehow this piece melting the plastic bushing into the hole with the broken "ring" in place, using a wire solder. Now the spring tension lever keeps in place and needle gets back to 0... nice, but... DOES THIS SPRING WORK JUST TO GET THE NEEDLE BACK TO 0 ? Or DOES also works on the calibration to get the correct speedo reading ? If also this is the calibration piece... how to make it ? |
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Post by DynoDave on Sept 10, 2014 17:59:07 GMT -5
Ugh! Don't know the answer Nacho. But I'm sorry to see that this happened to you. |
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Post by 1ol74charger4me on Sept 10, 2014 22:11:03 GMT -5
Looking at the one on my desk, it looks like to me that the bushing part just stabilizes the other end on the shaft and the spring just creates resistance to bring the needle back to 0 and to keep the movement steady. I think the actual calibration is in the other end. I could be wrong but I think it is a magnetic resistance that actually calibrates the unit. As for the rivets in the face, street rodders use bolts that have a rivet head but are threaded that you may be able to use or if you can find something in plastic that resembles a rivet, you can melt the stem with a soldering iron on the back side. Another way would be to take a extra speedo and tear it apart leaving the rivets themselves intact and put them in with some super glue or epoxy. Just some ideas.
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Post by odzking on Sept 11, 2014 9:10:03 GMT -5
Nacho, email Mark (Gibber) at gaugedoc.com. He is a friend of mine, lives in Phoenix, AZ. If he can't fix it no one can.
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Post by Nacho-RT74 on Sept 11, 2014 13:09:09 GMT -5
thanks Bud!!!
I would require help from the distance actually (Laughing Out Loud), to try to fix it by myself... but will email him to know about what could it be done
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Post by Nacho-RT74 on Sept 14, 2014 16:50:58 GMT -5
no response from him
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Post by odzking on Sept 14, 2014 20:00:45 GMT -5
You tried gaugedoc@gmail.com?
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Post by Nacho-RT74 on Sept 14, 2014 23:41:52 GMT -5
yeap...
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