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RE: I'm looking for a speedometer

To: "'Les Huckins'" <jhuckins@cybersurfers.net>, bricklin@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: I'm looking for a speedometer
From: "Cormier Paul (FPMad)" <paulco@madawaska.fraserpapers.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 06:47:55 -0500
Hi Les,

If you can't find any replacement, you might check with Paolo Alto Speedo in
California, I think their website is www.paspeedo.com.  I got my Alfa Romeo
speedo repaired from them and it was just like new.

I don't have any affiliation with them, just a satisfied customer.  :)

..Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Huckins [mailto:jhuckins@cybersurfers.net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 3:16 PM
> To: bricklin@autox.team.net
> Subject: I'm looking for a speedometer
> 
> 
> Any leads?  Speedo not working when I got the car in 
> December, today was
> the day to see why.  Pulled the dash, pulled the speedometer to find
> that it' really not meant to be serviced in any regular way.  Face rim
> is crimped to the body case, once took radio vibrators apart to file
> points in the old days, screwdriver was the tool of choice to uncrimp
> enough to pull it apart.  Did that here, not knowing how it would go
> back together in the recrimp dept.  Turns out the helical hair spring
> for the needle is all wound up, no way to get it back into operational
> mode.
> 
> You probably all know this but JIC with the dash out a jumper 
> across the
> red and black wired socket that goes to the voltmeter (ampmeter,
> ammeter, whatever...) will allow the car to be drivable.
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> Les




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