Another problem might be the aforementioned lubri=cation, you might have
lubricated it in the wrong places with the wrong stuff (no offense, just
a suggestion)
Gernot
> ----------
> From: Michael D. Porter[SMTP:mdporter@rt66.com]
> Reply To: Michael D. Porter
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 1998 2:57 AM
> To: James Densley
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: GT6 o/d speedo #'s
>
>
> James Densley wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > My 69 GT6+ has an overdrive, which I assume is original equipment.
> I
> > recently purchased it and have been getting it road-worthy. To the
> point,
> > after I replaced the broken right angle cable attachment the speedo
> is
> > working, but is far too optimistic. Its number is SN6203/20.
> Further to
> > the right is the number 980. Does anybody know if this is the
> correct
> > guage for o/d trannies? I've already been into the guage to
> clean/lube
> > it, and it is happy with that respect.
>
> I have a somewhat similar problem with my `72 GT6... some previous
> owner
> installed a 3.89:1 differential, but the gauge wasn't changed. The
> trick
> here is not the s/n of the speedo, but the number at the lower right
> of
> the odometer face. This number (the 980 you cite) is the number of
> revolutions per mile for which the speedo is calibrated and geared. An
> o/d speedo (I don't have one, so can only guess) should have a number
> approximately 19% higher, or about 1165.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> My other Triumph runs, but....
>
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