Dave -
I agree. I had very similar symptoms with my '67. When I removed the
engine/tranny to replace the clutch, I pulled the tail piece. The speedo
drive pinion retainer ( a flat washer with a tooth that fits into a keyway
in the shaft) had been installed backwards, letting the retainer nut back
off. The pinion could slide back and forth about a half an inch, in and
out of engagement with the speedo gear. The retaining washer and the nut
were ruined and the threads on the shaft were messed up.
The PO was not a wrench, so this was from work that he had paid for.
Clay L.
'67 Sprite
At 09:13 PM 9/1/2002 -0400, Dave Yealy wrote:
>You are going to hate to hear this but if you are running a ribcase tranny
>the nut holding the gear inside the tranny is loose. You have to pull the
>tranny and take off the back half of the tranny and tighten this nut and
>then comes the fun part of trying to get the two tranny pieces back together
>so the shifter levers line up. I had the same problem I tried and tried to
>get the two halves back together and finally gave up and took it to an
>expert. If you look in the new V.B. catalog (SM 39) on page 93 the nut is
>part 45 and the gear that is turning is part 46.
>
>Dave
>60 Bugeye
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill L" <pythias@pacifier.com>
>To: <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 7:10 PM
>Subject: speedo probs
>
>
> > Hello Spridgets,
> >
> > my speedo is erratic. i traced the problem back to the
> > tranny, as the cable itself does NOT always turn. ..
> >
> > what are the chances that a new speedo pinion gear will fix
> > it? (and is that, as it seems a strictly external
> > operation?) and what are the chances that it will have to
> > wait for a tranny rebuild?.
> >
> > tips, hints, suggestions?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Bill mailto:pythias@pacifier.com
> > '66 Sprite
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