[DeTomaso] Speedo died today

[Jerry Knotts]

Since I only know a neurosurgeon and am not one, I think I like the idea 
of vice grips better.

jerry




On 6/15/2013 9:12 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/15/13 18 58 14, cengles at cox.net writes:
>
>
>>            I mistakenly assumed that the cable had gone kaput.
>>
>>>> Mike reported a violent, screaming sound from behind the dash moments
> before the speedo quit, which is the typical broken-cable pathology.   Am I
> right in assuming that your speedo just quit without any drama?   When that
> happens, the cause is normally the drive gear inside the gearbox.
>
> While it IS possible to change that gear without removing the gearbox from
> the car, it is a process fraught with danger.   One false move, and the gear
> can drop into the bowels of the gearbox, requiring complete gearbox removal
> in order to retrieve it.
>
> I helped a friend change his gear in my driveway a few years back (and
> inexplicably, his broken gear has been sitting a counter above my kitchen sink
> ever since).   In order to prevent the gearbox removal scenario, we grabbed
> ahole of the stub of the gear with a pair of vice-grip pliers before removing
> the retaining bolt that keeps it in position.   This allowed us to ensure
> that it couldn't fall into the gearbox by accident.
>
> Mike
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