[TR] Overdrive and Sppedometer

Geo Hahn ahwahneetr at gmail.com
Mon Aug 24 07:54:04 MDT 2020


Jeff - I think the important thing is whether your odometer is (more or
less) correct.

If the odo reads right then you may only need a simple adjustment to needle
position... something you can probably do sitting at the dining room table.


On Mon, Aug 24, 2020, 6:14 AM Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a 1975 TR6.   With the original gearbox, the speedometer was
> correct.  I took it out to add overdrive and put in a gearbox from a 1974
> while I worked on it.  That gearbox made the speedo read about 12% higher.
>
> Got the overdrive on the box and in the car.  My speedo still reads high.
> I'd like to find a simple solution...
>
> Do I try to find the right drive gear for the gearbox output, or do I get
> a different speedometer?
>
>
> Jeff Scarbrough
> Corrosion Acres, Ga.
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