1960/Grease in the speedometer head, um oops

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

I don't think your supposed to do that. I think theres a special lubricant that is applied to the cable inside the housing, not at the speedometer. I would think that if grease got inside the speedometer, thats why its not returning, since its workings are extremely delecate.

----- Original Message -----

From: Timothy J. LaPean

To: IML

Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 7:48 AM

Subject: IML: 1960/Grease in the speedometer head, um oops

So if a guy got a little over zealous greasing his
speedo cable just before a long trip and then his
speedo started acting weird...  Any idea how to fix
it?

here's what it is doing: I was cruising down the
highway about 3 hours after lubing the speedo cable in
a Napa parking lot (after installing a new brake light
switch (Thanks Rick!)). 

No judgements here, please... So I was going 80 and
had been for a while.  I decided to go 90 for a while
and noticed that it took a lot of vroom to get up to
90, but really seemed to stay there too effortlessly.
I didn't think much of it 'til I stopped for gas and
realized when I got in the car to leave that it was
still showing 55MPH on the speedo at a dead stop.

Since then it is works like this: speedo will not
return lower than 30, ever.  above 40 it does
generally work but it takes minutes of driving at a
speed before the speedo registers the correct speed,
it seems a touch more responsive to increases in speed
than to decreases.  How do I undo this, it's um not in
the FSM.  I keep looking for the, "So You Did
Something Stupid" chapter in my FSM, but my copy
doesn't seem to have one :)

And also, I am proud.  Drove Virgil from MN to NC
without any problems other than the speedo.  Had lots
of fun conversations with folks at the rest stops.
And I never realized how much time the road side
maintenance checks would add to the trip.  I've been
checking all of the fluids at every stop, and belts
and a few other things at every other.

Timothy

"Virgil" 1960 Custom STHMPTN 4DR


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