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I took my 61 Newport on a 400km round trip the other day .
Before this i had installed a new speedo cable which i lubed .
The speedo had been running smooth for a couple of weeks before this .
On the way down i noticed a ticking noise from the dash area.
On the way back this turned into a loud sort of grating noise and the needle was going beserk .It was going from 60 right up to 120 and and jerking all over the place .
When i parked the car the needle stayed around 25 .
I took the cable off the back of the speedo and when i spun the gear with my fingers , sometimes it would rest back at 0 , sometimes it would stay around 50 .
I will say this car had sat for around 7 years before i got it on the road about 1 month ago .
I still have the original cable outer.
One thing i did notice on the original cable , is the cup that screws onto the back of the speedo is deeper than the cup on the aftermarket cable .
Could the gear on the speedo have been rubbing on the cable inner because of this difference in depth ?
Is there a way to fix my speedo so the needle runs smooth ?
Cheers,
Greg
Before this i had installed a new speedo cable which i lubed .
The speedo had been running smooth for a couple of weeks before this .
On the way down i noticed a ticking noise from the dash area.
On the way back this turned into a loud sort of grating noise and the needle was going beserk .It was going from 60 right up to 120 and and jerking all over the place .
When i parked the car the needle stayed around 25 .
I took the cable off the back of the speedo and when i spun the gear with my fingers , sometimes it would rest back at 0 , sometimes it would stay around 50 .
I will say this car had sat for around 7 years before i got it on the road about 1 month ago .
I still have the original cable outer.
One thing i did notice on the original cable , is the cup that screws onto the back of the speedo is deeper than the cup on the aftermarket cable .
Could the gear on the speedo have been rubbing on the cable inner because of this difference in depth ?
Is there a way to fix my speedo so the needle runs smooth ?
Cheers,
Greg