Thanks Tim.
Several listers suggested not to use oil but graphite, which I did.
Monte
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Economu" <economu@whidbey.com>
To: <mmorris@nemr.net>
Cc: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 8:20 PM
Subject: speedo lubrication
> DO NOT use motor oil on the cable end to lube the speedo. I changed my
cable
> and used 10W-40 and for the first couple days the speedo worked like new.
No
> bouncing at any speed and good calibration too. Then it got hot. The
speedo
> then decided to go full scale at any speed above about 20. I figure some
of
> the oil worked its way into the rotating disk, and changed it's balance
> radically. This lasted about 2 weeks. On the day I was to R and R the
> speedo, the thing starting working again..
>
> This was right after a very hot day (OK hot for the NW is about 90!!), so
I
> surmise the oil must have then flowed off the disk. But because of the
> speedo pegging at speed, the spring now seems to have lost a little shape
> and the calibration is about 10 mph or so off at 50.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Tim Economu
> 1969 MGBGT mona and 'new' 1962 Ford Falcon
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