[Spridgets] sprite tacho

[Mike/Donna Carpenter]

Hi Alan,

Where did you get the info that you are quoting that the Jaeger guages were used on Bugeyes?  All of the sources that I have read or know about state Jaeger as only being used in the "upscale" MG Midgets.

Thanks,

Mike Carpenter

-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan East-Jones <alan.east-jones at ntlworld.com>
>Sent: Aug 3, 2008 7:37 PM
>To: autox spridgets list <spridgets at autox.team.net>
>Subject: [Spridgets] sprite tacho
>
>My sprite has a Jaeger  mechanical drive tacho, but there is no drive gear for
>the dynamo end.  Has anyone out there who has modified to alternator who has
>the original gear drive for a dynamo going spare ?
> I'd love to have a working  tacho in the car, if not I might resort to
>fitting an electrical one from a 72 midget , which all the purists will take
>delighty in telling is wrong !
>  Apparantly the Jaeger mech driven tachos were only fitted to bugeyes for a
>short period of time.  The rest of the instruments are also Jaeger - the
>speedo reads about 50% faster than I'm actually doing. So I don't know what
>differential is fitted . I believe the morris minor smooth case gearbox had a
>1:1 top gear like the frogeye , so the mismatch comes from the diff I
>presume.
>Anyone ?
>alan
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