[DeTomaso] SPEEDOMETER CONCERN !

[Asa Jay Laughton]

  Speedo is okay, problem is most likely in cable.  Sharp bends aren't 
real good so have your mechanic try to round them out a bit larger 
radius.  Also try adding some speedo cable lube.  He should know what 
that is.  Last thing is to check the right-angle drive on the ZF. Unhook 
the cable and drive it slowly with a drill, just chuck up the end of the 
cable in a drill and turn it -slowly-.  Check speedo to see if you are 
getting bounce.  I imagine the right-angle gear drive could go out or 
the gear in the trans.  Be careful here, you don't want to drop the gear 
into the ZF as that will be a more expensive repair.

Good Luck.
Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 10/11/2010 18:49, Myron Zadony wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I have a dilemma.  My Pantera #6928 has 9719 original miles.  My speedo started bouncing&  making a schrilling noise.  I wrote to the forum&  everybody said to replace the cable so I bought a new cable from Wilkinson.  I took my car to North Coast Exotics in Cleveland.  Earl the owner, has worked on my car since I bought it in 1998.  After installing the new cable, the noise went away, but the speedo started bouncing around.  Earl took the speedo out of the car&  everbody on the forum said give it to Palo Alto Speedometer because they are the best.  He sent it out to them to fix.  It came back a couple of weeks later, I bought the car in, to re-install the speedo&  guess what---it started to bounce again.  Well they resent it back to Palo Alto to fix it again (second time).  It came back again, they re-installed&  for the third time it started to bounce again.  I don't know what gives !  Earl is beside himself.  He asked me to write to the forum again to see what advise you h
>   ave for me.
>
> I don't want to lose a speedo that has 9719 miles on it, if I have to get a new one or at least a great used one.  I also don't want to check off that the miles are not whats  on the car ( ODOMETER DISCREPANCY ) on the title.
>
> How difficult is it to replace that MF brass gear at the base of the speedo ?  In their add they talk about repairs, refurbishing, rebuilding, restoration of various speedometers.  How do I handle this ?  North Coast Exotics has spent numerous hours working on this&  Earl has not charged me anything.  He said " It's not fixed Myron&  I won't charge anything until it's fixed "  I am sure Palo Alto Speedo has some sort of charge on this;  It just doesn't work !  I would appreciate it if somebody that has Palo Alto Speedometer e-mail address, please forward this, to them.  Maybe I could work some thing out with them.
>
> I am stuck, any help would greatly be appreciated.  Thanks in advance, Myron Zadony 74 L #6928.
>
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