Dear Mike,
Regarding your speedo, my speedo needle did the same thing, along with a
whole bunch of other problems (gears etc.). Fortunately,
just about the best speedo shop around is in Riverside. They fixed me up
with an overhaul for my 1970 gauge for about half the price of a new
gauge.
"Never Ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
John J. Peloquin
Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Mike Lishego wrote:
> Hello all,
> As I chase out the little flaws in my MGB, I can't seem to rid myself of
> one of the worst. My gauges; gas, tach, and temp, still refuse to
> cooperate. I think it might be a bad ground, but I can't find it for the
> life of me. Is it behind the dash? It's supposed to be four or five black
> wires on a grounding ring, right? The only one I can find fitting that
> description is bolted securely to the back of the tach. Nothing else has a
> problem working. Might this problem be related to something else?
> The other night, while driving the car, I noticed that my speedo wasn't
> moving, but the miles were racking up. Yesterday I saw that the needle had
> found it's way behind the small metal pin that denotes 0mph! How do they do
> that?!?
>
> Michael S. Lishego
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3706/
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