Re: speedo problem

Don"t know if this is useful, but... I own a 73 series 3 and broke the Speedo pin that goes into the small unit that attaches to the front left wheel.Pretty easy for a do-it- your-selfer to inspect. Think the piece was held in by 2 Torques or star bolts. Once removed, you can see if the pin which has a square tip is damaged, or maybe it was loose, etc. If the pin, which is only a couple of inches long,looks twisted in any way, then its damaged. I actually broke off the tip as well as had a twisted pin. Readily available at GT Parts and inexpensive. I bought 2 and keep the other in my trunk. Now the issue for me was WHY did it get caught up and break. Our final analysis after disassembling the small unit (don"t know its name) was maybe a small bit of debris got into the gears. So, we just cleaned the unit up and regreased the whole thing and put it back. Must have worked, since i have 5000 miles on it and no more problems. FYI, I also had my speedo re-calibrated in LA and i believed it was around 125-140 for the service. Best of luck. > No, not the swim suit...I drove my Espada to New England for > Thanksgiving and had to park it overnight outdoors with temps in the > 20"s.The next day the car started and ran fine. However, the speedo > needle wouldn"t go above 60km/hr and was vibrating. The odometer was > working. After about 15 minutes the speedo and odometer both stopped > working. They are still dead, after driving back and with warmer > weather.I installed a new speedo drive and cable in July, so this > sounds like it might be the guage itself. Any suggestions before I > remove it and send it to Palo Alto Speedometer?Peter