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Oops.=C2=A0 Wrong PDF.=C2=A0 I cannot find the original Smith's instrument=
care and installation manual buried somewhere deep in my computer.Mike M
On Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 3:50:17 PM PDT, Robert's New iPad <mgbob=
h@gmail.com> wrote: =20
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=C2=A0 =C2=A0 You may have bounced the needle to the other side of what lo=
oks like a pin at 3-4 mph.=C2=A0 It is flexible (might even be a tiny sprin=
g).=C2=A0 If that happened, needle will not be able to get past the pin and=
will max at 3-4 mph, steadily.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 That the works were eviscerated by your pulling out the cable=
seems unlikely.=20
=C2=A0 When the bezel and glass are off, try pushing the pin over and setti=
ng the needle to zero.=C2=A0 Pull it straight off the shaft; push it straig=
ht on.=C2=A0 Once set at zero, push the pin over, then rest the parked need=
le on the pin.
=C2=A0 Are you taking this opportunity to fit LEDs into the instruments?
Bob
> On Aug 19, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Douglas McKinnie <d.mckinnie@usa.net> wrote:
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> Update: Mine had no angle-drive at the speedo, just an angle drive on the
> transmission end.
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> I just had feet of "inner" cable attached to the speedo and unwilling to =
come
> away from it.=20
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> Following advice here and elsewhere, I grabbed the cable with pliers and
> wiggled and pulled and it did come loose!
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> Now it is reinstalled with a new cable, no angle drive at either end.
> Unfortunately, although the odometer and trip meter work fine now, the sp=
eed
> needle is very steady at "0" regardless of the speed of the car. It did w=
ork
> fine being spun by an anticlockwise drill with the old cable, so I fear t=
hat
> my wiggle-and-pull extra force routine has done some damage internal to t=
he
> speedo.
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> More research, more thinking!
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r" cable attached to the speedo and unwilling to come<br clear=3D"none">>=
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dvice here and elsewhere, I grabbed the cable with pliers and<br clear=3D"n=
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ter and trip meter work fine now, the speed<br clear=3D"none">> needle i=
s very steady at "0" regardless of the speed of the car. It did work<br cle=
ar=3D"none">> fine being spun by an anticlockwise drill with the old cab=
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