Speedo drive

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I noticed that the milage on my newly aquired Bayliss Thomas has not altered in ten years. Could be something to do with having no milometer cable attached ! Found what I guess is the old outer cable under the drivers seat in a bag, sadly the important inner cable is not to be found. This means I do not have a pattern to have a new cable made, so I am hoping that my friends here may be able to help me.

As you know my car has the Meadows 4 cylinder engine, I think it is the 4 E.B. Now I guess this is mated to a standard gearbox which has a gear driven speedo drive on the layshaft. The speedo on the dashboard is an original to the car named COWEY. Any help or advise appreciated as I assume that a correct gauge cable will need to be fitted. I wonder if the same cable as used on the Alvis may be correct?

I have sent the carb' off to Burlen's for a mechanical restoration as it kept flooding and seemed the carb' is in a worn out state.

[jith]

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I noticed that the milage on my newly aquired Bayliss Thomas has not altered in ten years. Could be something to do with having no milometer cable attached ! Found what I guess is the old outer cable under the drivers seat in a bag, sadly the important inner cable is not to be found. This means I do not have a pattern to have a new cable made, so I am hoping that my friends here may be able to help me.

As you know my car has the Meadows 4 cylinder engine, I think it is the 4 E.B. Now I guess this is mated to a standard gearbox which has a gear driven speedo drive on the layshaft. The speedo on the dashboard is an original to the car named COWEY. Any help or advise appreciated as I assume that a correct gauge cable will need to be fitted. I wonder if the same cable as used on the Alvis may be correct?

I have sent the carb' off to Burlen's for a mechanical restoration as it kept flooding and seemed the carb' is in a worn out state.

You're a glutton for punishment cranked up with some of these cars you buy!!
These are the people you need, they're excellent!

www.speedycables.com/index.htm

If you send them your old outer, they will make an inner to suit.
Alternatively they will use the old outer as a template and make you a complete new cable, which is what I recommend you do.

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Wot O jith, I am a bit of a masocist I guess :

Thanks for the link and info, I'll give them a ring. When buying the car I noticed that only the offside side light was working so reckoned just a nearside bulb needed, but the offside light has packed up now as well
Proberly earthing needs a clean.

[eccles]

quite a few old speedos have just a blade on the end where it goes in gearbox, and either a square or a smaller blade on the back of the speedo.

speedy cables may need a photo and some measurements to make up the correct inner.

[Hasbeen]

Last Friday I had a new inner cable made for my Triumph.
The cable maker required the old outer cable, the speedo, &
the cable drive unit, from the gearbox.

The cable was made in 35 minutes, while I waited, & cost only
A$20.00. I thought it must be my birthday.

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Thanks eccles, I feel a bit of digital photography coming on.

Thanks hasbeen, if I can get an inner cable made up for about a tenner here in Blighty it will be a minor miricle, more likely to be 40 pounds for me

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Quick update for anyone interested, got back my speedometer which 'Speedycables' tested for me and reported all was well (FOC). Also the outer cable which had broken they carried out a good repair and of course replaced the inner cable. All in for 26 quid inc P@P, a bargain I reckon.

[eccles]

i could have saved you a bit of postage, i'm off home next weekend, and i'm going quite close to where speedy cables are.
they have a good reputation, and they were very helpful and quick when i needed a speedo recalibrating after changing the final drive in my Jem.

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eccles said:

i could have saved you a bit of postage, i'm off home next weekend, and i'm going quite close to where speedy cables are.
they have a good reputation, and they were very helpful and quick when i needed a speedo recalibrating after changing the final drive in my Jem.

Thanks all the same eccles.
In fact the P@P was a large part of the bill, amounting to 10 pounds. But no way am I grumbling about that.Slowly I am building up my 'database' of where to go for fixes, largely due to recommendations from Ph'ers.