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<DIV>I have had two occasions where the speedo has stopped working. In
both cases, it was because the right angle drive at the transmission had
come apart and the gear had fallen out. The "cap" is similar to a freeze
plug on the engine. Concave shape that you tap to expand it when it
is installed. Luckily, all the parts fell onto the "X" member of the frame
which is right below it and were recovered even after having driven several
miles. As I recall, there is the cap, a special spacer, and the
gear. I replaced the innards, and secured the cap by restoring its concave
shape and then tapping it tight again.</DIV>
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<DIV>Having looked at Bob's link, below, page 2, I believe that I do not have
the washer installed that is recommended. I will check this the next time
I have the tunnel up or out. I say "up" because you do not need to remove
the tunnel cover, just get the back end of it up enough to access the angle
drive. Getting to it from underneath may be less time consuming but I have
never tried it.</DIV>
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<DIV>(The Other) Len<BR>Fairfield, CA, USA<BR>1967 AH 3000 MkIII,
HBJ8L39031</DIV>
<DIV> 215,543 miles</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bspidell@comcast.net href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">Bob
Spidell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 29, 2017 6:46 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] cable</DIV>
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<P>There were some defective cables going around a few years ago but, IIRC,
they were a bit too long at the speedo end and damaged the speedo.</P>
<P>I've never heard of a speedo cable breaking--they usually just kink--but
I'm sure it's possible, esp. if it got locked up inside the speedo.
Check that the cable hasn't just come loose at the OD end (though not likely
as it would be too long to go properly back into the speedo). You can do
this by futzing with the inner cable at the speedo until you feel it go into
the drive, at which point it should resist turning. You're right, it's
odd the cable would come loose at the speedo end. But, the connector is
a very fine thread and it would be easy to cross-thread; maybe someone just
got frustrated with it and jammed it on?<BR></P>
<P>My gut feeling is the adapter is broken somehow, but more investigation is
warranted. The adapter should have a small copper washer acting as a
spacer for the cable; the adapter can fail if this washer is missing: <A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.mossmotors.com/graphics/products/PDF/021-511.pdf">http://www.mossmotors.com/graphics/products/PDF/021-511.pdf</A><BR></P>
<P>Bob<BR></P><BR>
<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>On 5/28/2017 8:56 PM, Mike S wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=moz-forward-container><FONT face=Tahoma>Interestingly, the speedo
was working fine, until one day it didn't. No warning. I decided
to unhook the connection at the back of the speedo and see if the square end
of the cable was rotatable. To my surprise, the entire cable was not
even connected to the speedometer. Just hanging loose. Since it
takes quite a few turns to screw it on, this seems odd. </FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT face=Tahoma>Connecting it did not solve the problem.
</FONT>Anyway, the cable itself turns quite easily; does this mean the cable
itself is broken? If so, I will have to pull each end out
separately. It's a real pain to get under the car, as it is an inch
off the ground (it seems), and I am more than an inch thick. Working
from the top as Bob suggested sounds better.</FONT>
<P><FONT
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