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RE: Speedo Drive

To: morgans@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Speedo Drive
From: Phil Roettjer <Phil.Roettjer@quantum.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 07:19:00 -0700
Ben,
Your angle drive is apparently broken. I would suspect they are the same as
used on most British cars, such as MGBs, and you could get one from Moss.
They are really not meant to be repaired when they break, so yours probably
has stripped gears on the assembly.

Good Luck,
Phil Roettjer
67 +4
67 MGB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hodgkiss, Ben [SMTP:bhodgkiss@herefordshire.gov.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 4:39 AM
> To:   morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Speedo Drive
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I recently replaced a broken speedo cable on my 1972 4/4. The speedo still
> wasn't working, and further investigation indicated that the device
> putting
> the drive through 90% into the gearbox is the problem. Turning the gearbox
> output end of the device produces no turn in the cable, yet turning the
> cable turns the gearbox output end. Has anyone any idea:
> 
> (a) what's causing the problem
> 
> (b) how to dismantle the thing 
> 
> Many thanks for any help
> 
> Ben
> 

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