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| vertigo |
 Jul 11 2005, 08:40 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 12-June 05 From: Porterville, Ca Member No.: 4,262  |
Was trying to remove the speedometer from my '73 today, but when temp reaced 103 I gave up. Is there a trick to doing this? I have removed the 6 screws holding cluster in, but cluster only comes forward about 2 inches. I cannot seem to reach from behind to disconnect drive cable or odo reset. Am I mising something? I am doing this to take a look at the odo drive gears. All works fine in the morning, but in afternoon odo does not work. Thanks in advance.
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| bd1308 |
Jul 11 2005, 08:43 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
okay....take a sharp knife and get between the rubber and the metal.....seerate and pull the speedo....hold it out and undo the connections...the cable unscrews and the reset pulls out
take it inside and clean off the gears...put some dielectric grease in them.... |
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| bondo |
Jul 11 2005, 08:45 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
Sounds like your speedo cable is too far to the rear. See if you can push some slack forward (from under the car). You should be able to pull the speedo out more than that.
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| SirAndy |
Jul 11 2005, 09:11 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,607 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
the speedo (as all other gauges) should just slide out the front with some pressure from behind. it's just held in by the rubber ring around it.
see if you can free up the speedo cable a bit under the dash to give you more slack ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) Andy |
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| ArtechnikA |
Jul 12 2005, 04:52 AM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
pop out the tach, reach through the hole, disconnect the speedo cable and the trip speedo reset cable.
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| Jeffs9146 |
Jul 12 2005, 11:43 AM
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Ski Bum Group: Members Posts: 4,062 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Discovery Bay, Ca Member No.: 128 |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) Jeff |
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| jfort |
Jul 12 2005, 11:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,134 Joined: 5-May 03 From: Findlay, OH Member No.: 652 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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the trip odometer cable detaches under the dash. set screw holds on the knob. then take the nut off the threaded shaft around the cable itself.
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| ArtechnikA |
Jul 12 2005, 12:10 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
that's one way. the other way is to pull the connection from the back of the speedo*. it's usually in there pretty snug, especially if it hasn't been removed in 35 years, but i'd usually rather deal with that than removing the knob at the other end. ____________ *do not pull on the cable; gently pry the connector flange away from the back of the instrument. |
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