WarrenL
Active Member
Hi all,
Yesterday Brown Rover GF148 was finally WOFed and registered, after 2 years of trials, tribulations and mishaps. A triumph! More to be detailed elsewhere. Relevant to this section however, the maiden voyage reminded me of an old bugbear - the rather wobbly speedo and tachometer. The situation is bearable at round-town speeds, but blasting down the highway at high speed the speedo and tachometer can best be described as rough guides to what the car is actually doing. I mean, I think I was travelling at 70mph, but that is based on an appraisal of the needle's approximate centre of swing.
Because both instruments suffer the same problem, I'm veering away from the idea of, for example, a dodgy speedo cable. I recall seeing other P6s suffering the same thing, but surely even in 1972 the existing technology allowed for steady needles?
I apologise in advance if this is covered in a thread elsewhere: I searched but didn't turn anything up. Please point me there if so.
Yesterday Brown Rover GF148 was finally WOFed and registered, after 2 years of trials, tribulations and mishaps. A triumph! More to be detailed elsewhere. Relevant to this section however, the maiden voyage reminded me of an old bugbear - the rather wobbly speedo and tachometer. The situation is bearable at round-town speeds, but blasting down the highway at high speed the speedo and tachometer can best be described as rough guides to what the car is actually doing. I mean, I think I was travelling at 70mph, but that is based on an appraisal of the needle's approximate centre of swing.
Because both instruments suffer the same problem, I'm veering away from the idea of, for example, a dodgy speedo cable. I recall seeing other P6s suffering the same thing, but surely even in 1972 the existing technology allowed for steady needles?
I apologise in advance if this is covered in a thread elsewhere: I searched but didn't turn anything up. Please point me there if so.