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[Spridgets] 5-speed speedo drive question.

Subject: [Spridgets] 5-speed speedo drive question.
From: tequila.brad at gmail.com (Brad Fornal)
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:00:35 -0500
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Does anyone know of these are being sold by another entity, other than
Rivergate that is?

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Glen Byrns <grbyrns at gmail.com> wrote:

> Paul used to sell a right angle geared adaptor that fit the datsun trans
> and
> the sprite cable. He provided the gears to correct for your
> gearing/diff/tire
> combo.
>
> Glen Byrns
>
>
>
> > The easiest/cheapest way is to use a Datsun speedo cable, cut off the
> metal
> > sleeve and threaded nut nearest the speedo,use a piece of 7/16 ID plastic
> > tubine (Tygon) and two fuelline clamps to connect them.
> > This will give you the connection but the speedo will read 80% of your
> true
> > speed.
> > The better way is to use the Rivergate cable gearbox and proper cable
> (around
> > $150 total I think)
> > BillM
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:57:46 +0000
> >> From: kk7ss at frontier.com
> >> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> >> Subject: [Spridgets] 5-speed speedo drive question.
> >>
> >> Is there a special adaptor that lets the Datsun 5-speed tranny connect
> to
> a
> > BugEye speedo?
> >> Or is there more that has to be done?
> >>
> >> --
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