It's been a while since I had the beast apart but as I remember it you have to
pull the
tranny. The portion with the speeedo gear must be removed in order to put in
the new gear
and have it mate with the gear on the main grearbox drive shaft. Sorry to be
the bearer of
good news.
Jerry - 1968 GT-6 MK1
M. Secrest wrote:
> Yo, gearheads, I got a little problem.
>
> Having the tunnel out of my GT6 as I do for clutch cylinder rebuilds, I
>decided to
> investigate the reason my speedo hasn't worked since I got the car. As it
>turns out,
> both plastic drive gears are crunched -- the gear on the drive spindle and
>the worm gear
> in the tranny. How this happened ... is beyond me.
>
> Still, I would like to have a functional speedometer. Call me a nut. But
>I'm not
> hardly eager to pull apart the tranny in order to have one. Before I put the
>tunnel
> back, what are my options here? Slim and none?
>
> --
> Martin Secrest
> 73 GT6
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