[DeTomaso] Vehicle Speed Sensor

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

The spedo I got from Speedhut is GPS based:

http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/gp/gp1.jpg


> Asa Jay,
>
> Rather than sandwich a VSS between the angle drive and the speedo cable,
> why
> not eliminate your speedo cable altogether? Just send your speedometer to
> a
> gauge shop, such as North Hollywood Speedometer & Clock or Palo Alto
> Speedometer, and have them convert it to an electric speedo. All they do
> is
> install the electric drive motor from an electric speedo into your Veglia
> speedo's housing. VDO is the common "donor" speedo and they (VDO) make an
> inexpensive sending unit that mounts on the ZF's angle drive. After the
> conversion, the only evidence of the "modernization" (other than no more
> speedo cable) is an extra wiring harness coming out the back of your
> speedometer. Even the trip odometer reset cable works as it did before.
>
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