[Mgs] speedometer cable

[Max Heim]

Removing the right-angle adapter won't hurt anything, directly. However, on
my 66B with late tranny and OD the cable is forced to make a tight turn
around the crossmember, which seems to cause rapid cable wear, judging from
how long the new cable lasted before the speedo started reading jerky again.
YMMV.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 1/13/08 12:35 PM, 1971-red-mgb at 1971mgb at cox.net wrote:

> I just replaced the speedometer cable on the "B" what a pain in the you know
> what it was to attach the cable at the transmission, I have a LH (Blue label)
> overdrive and of course the attachment for the cable is nearly impossible to
> get at, the transmission had a 90 degree angle drive when I started working,
> by the time I finished I wound up taking the 90 degree drive off and running
> the cable directly into the transmission, my question is , will I be looking
> for problems (short life span ) on my new cable because I took the 90 degree
> drive off?, I thought I read recently that on overdrive transmissions no 90
> degree drive is required.
> Thanks in advance for your input.