[Healeys] Smittys and Speedo

[Len and/or Marge Hartnett]

In speedometers that have failed on me, the problem you describe has been 
due to the small 'nylon' or plastic gears that drive the numbers splitting 
on their shafts causing two teeth to have a wider gap between them.  The 
driving gear then jams up where split because it can not mesh properly. 
Replacement of the broken gear has solved the problem.

(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Johnson" <bjsbj8 at gmail.com>
To: "Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:18 AM
Subject: [Healeys] Smittys and Speedo


>A friend has a Smittys/Toyota 5 speed in his 64 3000. The speedometer
> doesn't work. He says that there have been a few occasions when the
> speedometer "caught" and worked for a bit, but usually it just doesn't
> work. Anyone else had this problem or have any suggestions for a
> solution?
>
> Bob Johnson
> BJ8
> _______________________________________________