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Has anyone used the Filling Stations speedometer rebuilding service?

Alan

I don't know about their speedo service, but The Filling Station has an excellent reputation locally.
They do door hinge rebuilding too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY5emKPwGiY

Around six years ago, I had Justin's speedo (1928) lubed, re-magnetized, and calibrated by Commercial Speedometer in Sacramento (1-916-371-5873). I forget the cost, but it was around $150.

Still working well.

Cheers, Dean

Alan, Is your speedometer not functioning? When I started driving my 1941 truck on the road, one day the speedometer began making a very bad screeching sound. Once inspected, the fix was quite easy requiring only one drop of oil. The truck has seen thousands of road miles since with no issues. Check out his tech tip as it certainly helped me out. https://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/gauges/speedometer/COE090.jpg Paul

Alan, As the speedometer bushing has most likely not been oiled since the truck was produced in 1946, I would recommend oiling it as demonstrated in the tech tip. Getting the little brass plug out is a bit tedious, but with patience it can be done. It worked wonders on my truck. Paul

I refurbished the speedometer on my ‘46 project using the Tech Tip provided in the Stovebolt. It was a worthwhile learning experience and the effort worked, for a short while. I ended up having to send it in for a more work. I used a guy in Grand Island, NE. He went through the whole thing again and recalibrated it. It turned out there was more dismantling needed to clean and lubricate parts than the Tech Tip shows for this model speedometer. He told me to get into the parts not cleaned previously that some “special” tool(s) were required. The AD model speedos are apparently slightly different than the ‘46 version.

Alan
I too decided I’d try refurbishing the dash cluster myself for mostly the same reason. Even if I botched the effort, I’d still win, because I’d have learned something along the way. May not be the same warped way to look at this hobby by a lot of others, but I like the challenges, usually. The speedo was the only problem I had in rehabbing the dash cluster.. If I knew more specifically what the extra steps and tools were the rebuilder referenced that completed Sparky’s speedometer rehab, I think I could have done it right before. However, he wasn’t all that forthcoming with the details. Which, I might add, leads me to suspect it might not be as difficult as indicated?