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Old 05-20-2017, 09:49 PM
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Default Speedometer Drive Gear Replacement Today

I finally got all my parts to get the speedometer operational again. Spent most of the afternoon under the car trying to fish out the broken-off drive gear from the tail shaft. Took a couple of hours and a few beers.

Here is what happens when you install headers and don't take into consideration how close they are to important stuff like...oh, I don't know...maybe speedometer cables?











New parts ready to go in





And here is a link to a fun little video. I had to resort to using the video camera on my phone to be able to see into the hole to figure out where the gear was and what I needed to do to get it out.

https://youtu.be/G3KhBKWn9ck

Finally got it out and the rest of the install was uneventful. Glad to have a fully functional instrument panel again!

BJ

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