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Heads up for older car owners
Just a heads up for the guys (and girls) owning an older car that uses one of the original reverse rotation speedometers with the right-angle adapter and is cable driven . . . these need to be lubed along with your normal preventive maintenance routine.
I was out last weekend, going to my Saturday morning Cars & Coffee gathering and noticed that my cable driven speedo pointer was jumping around a bit. Truefully, I hadn't thought about the right-angle adapter or the cable in it's jacket for a few years - the "twitching" was the tell-tale sign that I hadn't serviced it in a while.
Pulled the dash and disconnected the speedo drive, lubed the cable, the cable jacket and the adapter with a quality grease and all is good.
Just a heads up
Doc
FFR3712K (MKII) in Lost Wages Nevada.
5.0 w/tubular GT-40 EFI, E303 cam, Custom 4 into 4 headers, T5, 3-Link 3.73 rear. Full F5 tubular suspension. Drop Butt mod, Dash forward mod, custom foot box air vents, custom turn signal system. 13" PBR brakes, Fiero E-Brake mod, Flaming River 18:1 rack w/ F5 bump steer kit on Breeze bushings. 17" Chrome Cobra "R's" w/ 275 fronts and 315 rears. MKIV seats. FORD Royal Blue w/ Arctic White stripes.
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Doc, Saw the title and immediately opened the thread only to find out that the "older" was the vehicle not the owner. Whew. Easier fix than getting younger... Thanks
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Yeah, shoulda posted it as heads up for older vehicles . . . left the "owner" part out. Ha!
Doc
FFR3712K (MKII) in Lost Wages Nevada.
5.0 w/tubular GT-40 EFI, E303 cam, Custom 4 into 4 headers, T5, 3-Link 3.73 rear. Full F5 tubular suspension. Drop Butt mod, Dash forward mod, custom foot box air vents, custom turn signal system. 13" PBR brakes, Fiero E-Brake mod, Flaming River 18:1 rack w/ F5 bump steer kit on Breeze bushings. 17" Chrome Cobra "R's" w/ 275 fronts and 315 rears. MKIV seats. FORD Royal Blue w/ Arctic White stripes.
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Doc, mine only starts jumping around a bit at 120 MPH in reverse. So I will it on my list first thing. Hope to make it to C&C soon.