Hi Bud,
Y'know, I never even thought about the odometer! Just having the
speed right was such a pleasant thing that it brought joy, as well as
puzzlement that mine was the only accurate speedometer I'd heard of after
the gear set change. I did the measured mile with a stopwatch, but
haven't checked it against the odometer. Now we will have to hurry
spring on its way so I can get the TD out and check that. The reading
would reduce miles per gallon, wouldn't it?
BTW, have you seen the book written by Carl Cedarstrand about
chronometric instruments?
Bob
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 16:12:00 -0500 Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>
writes:
> Hi Bob,
>
> You have me puzzled on that one. My speedometer was in serious
> need of TLC
> as it was, so I could never even think of using it for my road
> speed. However,
> it was the odometer that really dictated the need for the
> recalibration.
> Changing from the original 5.125:1 to the new 4.3:1 caused there to
> be an error
> of almost 20% from the odometer. It's now accurate to about 2%.
> Yours should
> have been off by about 13%.
>
> Bud
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