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Sopwith_Camel

Jedi Knight
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ok well I parked the mk2 and I was still going twenty miles per hour?

please tell me this is a quick fix
I have the head of the healey so im a little booked for car projects
steve
 
Maybe. When driving does it seem accurate, or 20 miles over?? Does it bounce suddenly?? Swing within a range?? Could be as easy as repositioning the needle or as complicated as a complete clean and rebuild. Either case it'll have to come out of the dash and be opened up.
 
no it just got slow so slow to go up and slow coming down.

yes i know the bounce and break from in the healey
steve
 
I had a similar speedo problem with a 1934 Dodge. I had lubricated the speedo cable and evidently some of the heavy oil dripped along the cable into the speedometer head. In turn, that interfered with the magnetic connecton between rotating portion within the head and it's needle. Zero to ninety in ten feet!! A cleaning with carb cleaner fixed the problem.
Greg in Montana
 
well I squirted some WD40 in I hope that dose the trick.
thats what a buddy of mine did with his mga on a trip in the spring.
they are tickiting like mad this summer ant 16kph over and you can lose your liceince

I realy need to write the kph on the glass
steve
 
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