by Hans Efde » Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:12 pm
Hi Alan,
I prefer to get it a) working and b) right. The a) bit is a pain in the butt. I am going to take the spindle out in the weekend to see if it has a problem. I checked the plastic wheel and it seems okay. The only problem, reported in an earlier TGT, is that the hole in the drive shaft is 3,4 mm square, but the cable is 2,7 mm square. It may be possible that the speedo gear worked, but was spinning around the cable. There seem to be drive shafts with the correct smaller hole (later Metro engines). I am into contact with my Mini garage to see what he has in stock or on old engines. I'll see if I can get a 16 teeth gear work with a 5 teeth spline. That would be my perfect combination. Else I have to go to 17/6 which will give a too high reading.