Date:         Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:06:10 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Toasted my engine or transmission?
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
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At 07:04 PM 9/24/2012, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>Yep, 8/84. That's a revelation, the Bentley is full of little nuggets.

Check out the top of 97.6...

>So
>much for German engineering.

Just like Chinese manufacturing, they can do it as well as they
choose to.  There's a much wider range of quality coming from China,
but they both (as countries) can produce best-in-the-world
quality.  But this is actually a matter of calibration cost, I
reckon.  Not sure how they calibrate them - magnet strength?  Is the
cup spacing adjustable?  Too lazy to go look...

>   So I should be looking for a newer speedo?

Yep.  The late '85 panel in my '84 was very nice.

>It's [rubbish] anyway, needle flips all over the place.

All three of my speedos have oscillated at ?25-40? speeds.  Lubing
the cable hasn't seemed to help; I suspect the cable has a set.  It's
not the speedometer's fault, if it gets a smooth input it will
deliver a smooth output.  That right-angle bend in the cable to get
to the front wheel is the culprit, I reckon.

>Simplified, that's 804 x 1.  Idiots.

I think it's a fascinating glimpse into how someone's mind worked.

Yrs,
d