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Recently I was driving my 1960 BE when the speedo began making noise and then stopped working, going to zero MPH.

I took the speedo out of the car and ran they vehicle with the cable still in place. The cable did turn freely.

I checked the needle on the gauge and it does turn freely.

I added some white lithium grease to the speedo cable, re-attached it, and took the car out for a test drive, but the needle still remained at zero MPH.

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to get it to work?

Thanks,
Mike Pennell
 
You can try making a square drive peg out of a nail and putting it in the chuck of a REVERSIBLE drill to run the gauge on the bench. Remember to put the drill in reverse. That will tell you if the gauge itself is still working.

If you want to fix this you have two options:
1) professional service (Nisonger, Palo Alto Speedometer, ATP (gaugeguys.com), or others).
2) if you're not intimidated by the prospect of servicing the gauge yourself, download Anthony Rhodes' 27 page PDF on repairing speedometers.
https://home.comcast.net/~rhodes/speedo.html

If you decide to work on this yourself, take pictures as you go, work on top of a white sheet or similar so you don't loose parts, and take notes. All these steps will help you in the end.
 
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