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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 09:31 PM
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Hi Guys,
The speedo in my 68 BB only goes to about 35/40 MPH and will not go higher. It seems to read the right speed untill then, and works smoothly up to 35 MPH. I removed the inst. pannel, and it turns freely. I can get it to about 10MPH spinning it by hand, but when i hook it up to a power drill it stops at 35 MPH just like when it was in the car.(I should note the speedo is out of the car and I was using an old peice of cable in the drill so binding cable was not the problem) thanks for any suggestions you may have.
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:29 AM
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Hi Guys,
The speedo in my 68 BB only goes to about 35/40 MPH and will not go higher. It seems to read the right speed untill then, and works smoothly up to 35 MPH. I removed the inst. pannel, and it turns freely. I can get it to about 10MPH spinning it by hand, but when i hook it up to a power drill it stops at 35 MPH just like when it was in the car.(I should note the speedo is out of the car and I was using an old peice of cable in the drill so binding cable was not the problem) thanks for any suggestions you may have.
Make sure the needle is not hitting one of the face screws. This happened to me on my Tach.
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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thanks for the reply
It's not hitting the screws.
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