[Spridgets] 5-speed speedo drive question.

[Larry & Sandi Miller]

Maybe Gerard?

On Sep 12, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Brad Fornal wrote:

> 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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