I recall reading/hearing (on the list maybe?) that using grease onthe cable
is not a particularly good thing...that is traps dirt and grit and then can
'catch' on the inside of the housing causing the needle to jump around.
Rather, I will be trying dri-slide upon reassembly of my A as the speedo
needle has done some jumping around since I greased it some years ago.
Safety Fast!
Gordie Bird
62 MGA
67 BGT
> In a message dated 12/9/2003 3:41:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> John@all-the-facts.com writes:
> > Both odometer and speedometer are on strike. Because they
> > are both broke, I suspect angle drive or cable.
Then Jay Donoghue replied:
> Those are the likely suspects at this point. If you want to
> check the cable without sliding under the car to check where the
> cable does, indeed, connect to the transmission, just unscrew it
> from the back of the speedo and pull the cable out of its housing
> tube to check for integrity. Sometimes it balks at going back
> in, but eventually it will and this is a good chance to get some
> lithium grease on it to ease the turning. Keep the grease away
> from the cable section closest to the speedo, though, as you
> don't want any migrating into the speedo. I can tell you that
> very comincal sorts of things happen if you get grease in the
> speedo. If the cable is OK, then you MUST slide under the car
> and attack the angle drive, although I do not believe all have
> that. But I'll stop now 'cause I'm just guessing from here.
>
> Jay Donoghue
> 72B-GT
> 66 Mustang
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