[Spridgets] Inspection time again...

Pete Chast pchast at francomm.com
Sun Jul 4 21:55:12 MDT 2010


I'd say its internal in the Spedo, either worn bushings or dirt
between the magnet and pickup.

Pete
Athens, NY

On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:27:42 -0400, <an5.sprite at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Have you checked that you have a good ground at the lights? Bad grounds  
> can create havoc.
>
> The speedometer is weird. The cable is driven by a worm gear of the  
> third motion shaft. It has no way of knowing what gear you are in. Did  
> you check to see that all the cables are on tight and the cable is  
> lubricated?
> Steve
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ryan.kubanoff at comcast.net
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> Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:14:44
> To: spridgets<spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Spridgets] Inspection time again...
>
> Ah that lovely time every year when those minor issues suddenly become  
> worrisome.
> My inspection is scheduled for Thursday and a few issues that I have  
> been ignoring are potentialey going to be big issues.
>
> Lights: my passenger side front and side running lights do not work but  
> do work when I use my right turn signal. Any ideas as to where the  
> connection to fix this might be ( and please don't say under/behind the  
> dash)?
>
> Speedomiter: yes once again I have neglected doing anything to try and  
> fix this because who looks at the speedomiter when driving you look at  
> the road listen to the engine and try not to pass too many people. but  
> seriously the cable spins fine through 1st and 2nd but in 3rd after 40  
> mph the needle just works its way to 70, 80, 90... and often does settle  
> down till i have come to a complete stop. shifting to 4th gives me a  
> moment of "real speed determination" before it to heads towards triple  
> digits. however on longer rides it begins to react less and less and  
> then eventually the cable stops spinning altogether.
> This I am hoping I will be able to fix at our next OSHIT and since the  
> mechanic only takes it for a short "test drive" i will pass fixed or not.
>
> But the light issue I need to fix ASAP or at least before wed. night.
> Help!
> Ryan
> Happy 4th America
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