Rene wrote on this sunny afternoon:
>Hi,
>
>It looks like I will have to change the speedometer drive gear. I can
>hold still the cable while driving (speedo removed). I found this out by
>a heavily swinging needle.
>
Rene, first check the OTHER end of the speedo cable!
Other possibilities:
1. The cable may have been broken.
2. The cable may have seized (had this once with my MG)
3. The cable may be otherwise defective.
I've had a similar problem with my MG, once:
the square opening on the speedo gear was TURNING AROUND
the cable end, instead of DRIVING the cable end.
This was an a NEW Smiths speedo cable:
a "rogue" part, as my British supplier later said.
(i had never heard the word "rogue" before....)
So, check carefully!
BTDT (= been there, done that)
Bert
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