<VV> Speedo pain

[Eric S. Eberhard]

That sounds good ... and I really want to believe that ... but two 
bad heads?  Both coming from working cars?  Also the fact that the 
odo has always worked -- through different temps, head units, cables, 
etc ... and the speedo has only recently started to fail completely ....

Oh -- shove cable piece into the hole and spin it with my dremel ... 
instantly the speed hits 100 instantly (I have a cable I cut off with 
1/2 inch sticking out and then used a buffing wheel (soft) to spin 
it).  My wife watched the speed because I did this in place.

Which would imply a cable not seating ... but two of them?  That is 
why I want to know if the cable is driving one thing and gears then 
go to both the odo and speed (making it the head unit) or if two 
things are spun, one to the odo and one to the speedo ... and if the 
odo is first I could be back to a cable seating problem.

And on the subject -- anyone know of a NOS speedo or a really nice 
rebuilt one.  Taking the speedo out truly SUCKS and I don't want to 
have to do it again.  I could put the old one in there to test but it 
is tiresome ...

At 03:52 PM 10/30/2011, Harry Yarnell wrote:
>If the odo works, then the speedo head is bad.
>
>
>
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>Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 12:18 PM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Speedo pain
>
>On my 62 coupe PG ... for a year or so it has made ticking noises
>both from the rear and under dash.  I never did any thing because of
>all my Corvairs this one has worked the best -- accurate and does not
>wiggle at all.  Now it has gotten cold and it start not working
>(staying at zero) for 10 minutes of driving, and then working
>perfectly.  All this time the odo is fine.  Meanwhile the speedo was
>ugly so I replaced it.  No change.  Another month, and then the
>speedo locked at 100 mph.  Odo worked.
>
>So, I said it must be a lube problem.  Pulled cable.  Spedo went to
>zero as soon as the cable was pulled.  Sticky grease on
>cable.  Cleaned, used graphite, put it back in.  Good news -- it is
>silent on both ends.  The odo works perfectly.  Bad news. No speedo
>not stuck on 100, stuck on zero .  I pulled cable and put a different
>one (ancient NOS).  Same result.  I even measured the miles on the
>odo -- right on.  No noise.  No speedo.  If I put only the cable in
>and twist it wiggles the speedo.  I am pretty sure it is seated well
>when I screw it in.
>
>I find it unlikely that two speedos are bad.  But then two cables
>must be bad?  Cant be the rear piece as the odo works.  Does anyone
>know the internals of the speedo -- does the cable pass through the
>odo first then the speedo?  That would make two bad cables most likely.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Eric
>
>
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