Wow, that is a long way! Throw in a flood in western Tennessee and it gets longer. Trooper ran great! Not one hiccup and I am VERY happy with it!......although, recently, on a trip to Leadville, Co., the odometer (88 Westy 2wd manual) stopped working. Upon inspection, it turned out to be the classic, where the shaft backed out. I put it back in place and using the Tencent method, I installed a 'stop' ahead of the gear so the shaft would not back out again (it simply can't now.) I bench tested it and speedo + odometer work fine, but installed and blowing down the road, the odometer did not work. Pulled it again and checked it and it works fine. The speedo is fine but noisy....the odometer still does not work. Could it be that the cable is the problem? Does the cable spin two different gears, one for the odometer and another for the speedo? Thanks! Miguel I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. - Thomas A. Edison |
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