[Roadsters] New Transmission in, now a few questions

[Pat Horne]

The speedometer runs off a gear in the transmission. There are different 
gears for different rear end ratios. I don't know much about them, other 
than that they can be swapped out with the trans in the car. There may 
be something in the 311s pages listing which gear is for which rear end.

This gear will also affect the odometer.

Just to see if the problem is actually in the speedometer, drive at a 
steady 60 mph and and clock how long it takes to go a mile as shown on 
the odometer. If it takes 60 seconds, the problem is not with the 
speedometer

Peace,
Pat

Thusly spake Hoon Kim, On 5/13/2009 11:42 AM:
> I finally got around to getting a working transmission into my 
> roadster. Now I have a few questions.
>
> I have a 4 speed tranny for a early 1600. Now that the transmission 
> works, my speedo is working again. However it seems to be going very 
> fast. If I am traveling at 40 mph, it will say 60 or so. Is this a 
> matter of calibrating the speedo?
>
> In that same regard, my trip meter is working again. If the speedo is 
> not accurate, then would the trip meter/odometer also clock in more 
> milage than real milage?
>
> Last question, since my gas gauge doesn't work, if things were running 
> smoothly (which they are) how many miles should I be able to go with 
> average city milage on a full tank before I should fill up again using 
> the trip meter?
>
> Thanks again to the wonderful collective wisdom.
>
> Hoon
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