Edward is absolutely correct. I have no over-drive; or, at least that's
what my wife tells me!
FYI, Volvo sports cars, the P1800 series, used the right-angle drive on the
all trannys. Since these were originally built by Jensen they might cross
over and be a good source.
John in San Diego
'67 TR4A
On Tuesday, June 18, 2002 7:30 PM, Edward Woods [SMTP:fogbro1@attbi.com]
wrote:
> John,
>
> You must have a non overdrive car on which the speedo cable exits on the
> left side of the gearbox extension and goes directly along the left frame
> rail, thence up to the speedo.
>
> Only the overdrive boxes, which have the speedo drive on the right side
of
> the overdrive unit, require the right angle whoosey-whatsis.
>
> Ed Woods
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "john donnelly" <pdonnel1@san.rr.com>
> To: "'Randall Young'" <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:42 PM
> Subject: RE: RE: Speedometer Flucuation (TR4)
>
>
> > Here's another opinion:
> >
> > I've owned my 1967 TR4A since 1970. No right angle drive at the tranny,
> > just 2 clips to attach the cable to the body in the slave cylinder area
> > after a big curve of the cable out of the tranny. The center pull of
the
> > handbrake has nothing to do with the routing of the speedo cable.
> >
> > Also, I've found that the routing of the cable through the firewall to
the
> > speedo is just as important, as well as the lubrication and fitting
> > tightness.
> >
> > John in San Diego
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