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Re: Speedo Cable Installed!

To: Doug Ingram <dingram@tnet.net>
Subject: Re: Speedo Cable Installed!
From: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 05:20:45 -0400
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
References: <199809120500.WAA05274@carver.pinc.com>
Reply-to: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Good luck, Was out with local car club for first real run with my just finished
BGT.It was better than inhaleing. Carl E.

Doug Ingram wrote:

> Thanks to all for suggestions on extracting the broken off end of my
> speedometer cable from the transmission end. I bought a pair of fine tipped
> vice grips (should have had them anyway), and was able to grab just enough
> of the cable end to wiggle it out; it was really stuck hard.
>
> On another note, the twists and turns of some of the threads on our list are
> frequently interesting to me. For example, I requested help with the broken
> cable problem, and it evolved into a discussion about what certain of us
> were or were not doing with hemostats 30 years ago.....kinda makes me go
> "hmmmmmm...."
>
> I'll be up early tomorrow to clean and polish my Sprite for a show which is
> part of the anniversary meet of our local British sports car club. Mine will
> probably be the only Frogeye, so wish me luck - we might win a prize!
> Forecast is for sunshine and warmth - summer goes on!!
>
> Doug Ingram
> Victoria BC
> 1958 Frogeye
> AN5L/636


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