[Healeys] speedo problems

[healeymanjim at hansencc.net]

i have replaced a bunch of speedo cables for healeys in our club, and that is the problem most of the time.  i always take the speedo out and put it on the bench, plug a short cutoff piece of cable into the drill motor, insert the squared end into the speedo, reverse drill direction and run the speedo up to about 40mph or so.  if it is stable the problem is almost always a kinked cable or bad angle drive.  the cables hang down sometimes and get dinged, or is under a strain around the gearbox.  hjim