Jim, Bob,
What I was trying to say (and I guess I didn't do it right) was that if the
final drive and tire size weren't changed, then you could re-use the speedo
drive gears from the old transmission in the new one. Or, if you know what was
in the old transmission, you could install equivalent parts in the new one.
But what do I know? My speedo reads about 50% high, and the odometer about 25%
high. I need to take a trip to the Laifman speedo shop, obviously. His method
will determine without fail whether or not you have the right gears in the
transmission. Whether the speedo does the right thing with that input is another
matter entirely.
Good news! I was able to drive in with the top down this morning.
Theo Smit
tsmit@novatel.ca
B382002705
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Palmer [SMTP:rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu]
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 8:59 PM
> To: James Barrett; Theo Smit
> Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Transmission ID
>
> Jim,
>
> I think what Theo is saying is that the speedometer/odometer is a single
[] <snip>
> Bob
>
> At 10:32 PM 3/19/99 -0500, James Barrett wrote:
> >At 04:41 PM 3/18/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >>You shouldn't have to get the speedo adjusted, provided you use the same
> gears
> >>on the trans output shaft and on the speedo takeoff, as what you had
> >previously.
> >>The output shaft still spins at the same speed for a given road speed, no
> >matter
> >>what you have in there for a transmission.
> >>
> >>Theo Smit
> >>tsmit@novatel.ca
> >>B382002705
> >Theo,
> > I agree with the second statement, however this transmission
> >came with a speedometer gear that is completely different from the
> >original tiger gear. The teeth are reversed and if I recall there
> >are about 22 teeth, My Tiger II had 17 teeth. The drive comes off the
> >bottom of the tail shaft while the Tiger came off the top of the tail
> >shaft. Driving up HY 95 on the way to the TE/AE/All British meet,
> >I was followed by Rob in his mustang. I was setting on 70 and
> >he said I was around 75 to 79 most of the time. My wife also
> >followed me in a Chev. I was setting on 60 ( in a heavy rain)
> >and she said I was going around 68 mph.
> >So I do need to calibrate my speedometer.
> >
> >
> >James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
> >
> >
>
> Robert L. Palmer
> Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
> rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
> rpalmer@cts.com
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