Erika's speedo was bouncing around at speeds over 60 MPH so I tried Alan's
suggestion of placing a washer inside the cable's screw cup to act as a
spacer. It works, the speedo needle is now pretty stable at high speeds.
Thanks, Alan.
Vrooom vrooom,
John
Erika the Red
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
To: "Dan Serrao" <jobu1950@yahoo.com>
Cc: <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: Speedometer
> Dan -
>
> Don't bother with the angle drive, it's not your problem.
>
> Quite often the cause of a jumpy speedo needle is because the speedo cable
> is too long (they can stretch with age). A stretched speedo cable will
> put
> binding pressure on the magnet wheel and cause it to come in contact with
> the needle pick up, causing the needle wobble. You can check this by
> putting a washer or two (to act as a spacer) on the inside of the cable's
> screw cup on the back of the speedo... if the needle wobble gets better
> when
> you do this, then probably getting a slightly shorter speedo cable is the
> solution.
>
> The only other cause of a jumpy speedo is when the lubrication is messed
> up
> inside the speedo or the magnet wheel gets out of alignment... in this
> case
> you have to send it in to have it reqbuilt. If you need to do this the
> only
> place to send it in my opinion is Margaret Lucas of MoMa in New Mexico.
> Since your needle is jumping more at higher speeds my guess is your speedo
> needs a rebuild.
>
> Alan
>
>
> On 10/18/06, Dan Serrao <jobu1950@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings,
>> I have a BJ7 and the speedometer jumps around pretty good, more at
>> higher speeds. I've replaced the cable and was wondering if I replaced
>> the
>> Angle Drive if that would help even more. Does anyone have any experience
>> with this?? Also, here's a real technical question, what do most people
>> use
>> for motor oil?? Please don't laugh!!!
>>
>> Dan Serrao
>> 1963 BJ7
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