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I sit here in my humble pie and ask for the forgiveness of all those attending the TCC. I have read the recent weather forecast for our region and have taken in to the correction of Mr. Garland and he is right it looks good for Sat. Thank God!!!! The Mrs. was saying that she wasn't going if it was raining. Thanks now I have to bring her along for the ride. NO just kidding. Yes at other local sites like news8austin.com and kxan.com and kvue.com and fox7.com all have it partly cloudy with highs in the mid 60's and a slight chance of rain 20% towards the evening time frame into Sunday. I stand or sit realy and correct myself. On another note if I can't get my speedometer up and running I may need some advice at the rally on what is up. I noticed the needle wasn't moving one afternoon and so I got to investigating the scenario of problems it might be like. 1. I disconnected it from the reverser on theSmith gauge and drove to see if the cable was spinning. No spinning so I knew it was the cable. I replaced it from a 55" inch cable to a 60" cable and re-installed a new tranny gear at the same time a pink coded gear with 19 teeth slanting from the left to right. IT worked for about five miles and then nothing so. 2. I then order a new cable and go through the process and replace the cable but before I do this I pull the speedo from the dash and mount it to a work table with the reverser on it and then hooked up the cable and gear and hooked a battery powered screw gun to the gear. It ran smoothly everything was turning and so I taped the gun so it could run for five minutes so I could see what was happening at 5 miles and this time it did nothing. So I re-installed all the stull the speedo,cable, gear, reverser and headed for the house thinking evrything was great I was a mechanical genius. RIGHT about 4.3 miles into after going a set of railroad tracks slowly but steadly(7mph) I noticed the speedo wasn't working anymore after going over the tracks. So I pull over and look under the car and then disconnect the cable at the reverser and drive and it is turning so I am baffled. The only thing my local McGyver could come up with is that the plastic gear in the tranny isn't snugged in the slot enough and it gets in a bind when rattled and then the cable turns out the plastic square upinside the gear and then the cable doesn't turn anymore correctly. It will turn with pressure on it but while floating in the sleeve it doesn't turn at all. SO i have ordered another gear and will double check the lock down nut and bracket on the cable when re-installing it to make sure it is tight and snug. Does this sound like I am running up the right tree with this proble?
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