[Healeys] Speedometer repair

[Max Byers]

When I bought my BJ8 in 1984, the odometer was not working.  It read 51,788 miles.    When I opened the unit I discovered a small spring and lever arm lying in the bottom of the case.  After I determined where those came from and reinstalled them, the odo has worked perfectly ever since.  Not knowing the mileage exactly, I had no problem zeroing it out.  It now shows 123,834 miles.  I’m a great believer in log books for cars for recording their history.

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  USA  

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of i erbs
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 3:05 PM
To: Bruce Starke
Cc: healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Speedometer repair

 

When I had my speedo rebuilt 0ver 40 years ago, I had it set to 000000. Now I wish I had either noted the original miles or left it alone.


Ira Erbs

Portland,OR

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On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 9:49 AM Bruce Starke <cardocgolden at gmail.com> wrote:

 When I restored my BT7 Tricarb, the speedo had 100,xxx miles on it . I did have it reset to 0 miles when the speedo was rebuilt but now I think perhaps that I should have left it as is. The mileage would have been accurate ( as far as I know, I am not the original owner) and the post restoration distance easy to measure given the first 3 numbers

Bruce Starke
Golden BC

 

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 9:47 AM Mirek Sharp <m.g.sharp at sympatico.ca> wrote:

Totally personal preference, but I would keep the original mileage as it reflects how much the car has been driven and it seems more honest.

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Robert Begani
Sent: April-30-20 9:22 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Speedometer repair

 

I am sending my original speedo to Nisonger’s for repair.  Should I keep the same 67,000 miles or go to zero?  Comments.

 

Bob Begani

67 BJ8

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