Yes, I definitely have the angle drive on the transmission. Both Vegaman
Dan and the local shop tested it as working. Quite a puzzle...
At 03:02 AM 10/14/00 -0400, Dave Chu wrote:
>In message <4.3.2.7.2.20001013230738.00abadb0@mail.roundthestars.net>you
>write:
> >
> >Hiya,
> >
> >I am a newcomer to the list. A very good friend, known as Vegaman Dan or
>
> Welcome to the list.
> >
> >My dilemma is over getting the speedometer to work. Hopefully somebody out
> >there will have some sage advice for me, and can validate or dispute the
> >
> >speedo cable drive was bad (Flinters and I checked it out in advance, and
> >it was good). Then the question was over the speedo gear. The shop had
> >one in stock, so they pulled the drive gear. Nope, the original gear was
> >good. What is up with the speedo?
> >
> >Twisting the speedo cable from the tranny end verified that the speedo
> >worked, and that the right-hand drive appeared to twist the cable as
> >well. Why doesn't the speedo work?
> >
> >The shop claimed that there might be a problem with a missing spacer in the
> >Overdrive unit. The spacer fits behind the speedo gear and prevents it
> >from moving out of alignment with the speedo cable drive gear.
>
> The overdrive unit on our Spits suppose to have an angle drive on it.
> Maybe this is what the people at the shop was referring to. Without
> the angle drive the speedo cable will have too much of a bent and cause
> it to fail. I have a picture of my gearbox and overdrive unit at the
> following link:
>
> http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~dave/carpics/tran.jpg
>
> Is is not very clear but the angle drive is located at the bottom left
> of the picture, does your overdrive have this unit?
>
> Here is a better view from the Rimmer brothers online catalogue, it is
> item number 120694:
>
> http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/spitfire/overdrive.html
>
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