The PO of my car did something like this. The speedo stopped working because
the plastic gear in the transmission stripped and he had destroyed the head
of the bolt that holds it in.
His solution was to install a Sparkomatic "trip computer". It came with a
bicycle-type speedometer trigger and a flow meter for the fuel. He installed
the trigger on the driveshaft and the flow meter in the fuel line. He used
that to pass the local state inspection. Of course it was screwed to the
center console with sheet metal screws and just pulled the padding apart. I
don't know how well it worked, as the car hadn't been started in 10 years
when I bought it and I just disassembled it to do a frame-off.
Jim Moore
69 RHD 2000 Fairlady
Highland Mills NY
----- Original Message -----
From: <VulForge@aol.com>
To: <dneuman@stars.sfsu.edu>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: Bike speedometers in the roadster
> In a message dated 6/14/00 6:39:59 PM Central Daylight Time,
> dneuman@stars.sfsu.edu writes:
>
> << Now I jsut gotta find a place to mount it. The tolerances between the
> magnet and the sender are very small. ~5mm. I need to mount it somewhere
> where that can happen and somewhere that will not get very hot. Any
> suggestions?? >>
>
> How about the driveshaft? That would be the shortest possible point, and
the
> circumference won't vary. Of course it will read high when you spin the
> tires!
>
> Russ
> 67 1600
>
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