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Posted by: billh1963 Jul 22 2020, 06:44 AM

Well, the bad thing about giving away your parts cars is you always wind up needing a part.

I have multiple spare 914 gauges that I want to test. To test the speedometers I need the piece of cable that goes into the back of the gauge. I need a piece long enough to go into a drill. I have several new cables but don't want to destroy one just for the tip. If there is an easier way to test I would love to hear about other options

Also...does the speedo cable turn CW or CCW? I don't want to run the drill the wrong way and potentially break the speedometer.

If anyone has one please let me know.

Thank you

Posted by: bdstone914 Jul 22 2020, 07:53 AM

They turn CCW.
I may have a piece from a Saab tool kit that works. They do have square bits in the 1/4 inch hex bit drivers.

Posted by: carl k Jul 22 2020, 08:20 AM

I have a couple of the short cables from the EGR counter to the speedometer, used on the '75/'76 CA cars. Yours for price of shipping.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=18&t=344368

regards,
Carl

Posted by: Al Meredith Jul 22 2020, 09:27 AM

I think I have used the short cable used to reset the trip setting .

Posted by: euro911 Jul 22 2020, 01:29 PM

Same here ... and yes CCW

Posted by: theer Jul 22 2020, 01:54 PM

Probably obvious to most, but I have a stupid question (and I have a broken speedo)... Is it CCW looking at it from the back of the gauge or from the front.

Posted by: porschetub Jul 22 2020, 02:41 PM

that's what I did.

Posted by: bdstone914 Jul 22 2020, 05:46 PM

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=19014

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Probably obvious to most, but I have a stupid question (and I have a broken speedo)... Is it CCW looking at it from the back of the gauge or from the front.
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From the rear of the gauge.

Posted by: GaroldShaffer Jul 22 2020, 08:38 PM

Just use a trip reset cable. I have tested 100s of speedos using it. Fits in the opening for the regular speedometer cable. As Bruce said run CCW (drill in reverse)

Posted by: billh1963 Jul 23 2020, 06:09 AM

Carl has me covered. Thank you to everyone who responded!

Posted by: billh1963 Jul 23 2020, 06:12 AM

[quote name='bdstone914' date='Jul 22 2020, 07:46 PM' post='2836239']
@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=19014

' date='Jul 22 2020, 12:54 PM' post='2836194']
Probably obvious to most, but I have a stupid question (and I have a broken speedo)... Is it CCW looking at it from the back of the gauge or from the front.
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From the rear of the gauge.
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I found some old posts that say to run the drill in the direction the needle would move. So, as Bruce and euro say, in this case run the drill in reverse (CCW) when facing the rear of the gauge.

Posted by: theer Jul 23 2020, 08:32 AM

Run the drill in reverse - got it! Thanks.