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Ok guys after a very busy weekend with the help of Houston 54 and Phillip got some things done to the cab.

Phillip removed my bezel and guage unit (59 triangle) greatly appreciated. So last night ok lets see if the speedometer works. Hooked up a drill to opposite end watched no needle movement. Hum tear guage apart needle gone, vanished ect. So i try to see if the pin that the needle sits on is moving. Can not see it, so I go get little grasshopper and she says well I think so pops but maybe not. OK, we both are blind!!

So I trear it apart a little more, well now I know how everything is suppose to work. Pretty cool really!!

My question is can a person just buy the little gearbox that runs that operation or do I say the heck with it and just buy the whole blankety blank thing for 59 guages and all!

popcorn The Truth is Out There (ok, ok, so I am getting to be a tight wad) Pops

just get what ya need Ben, the speedo head can be replaced if it doesn't work, the needle is available, and each of the gauges can be individually replaced - if the chrome bezel is pretty ugly, that can be bought alone and not too spendy - make sure the drill is actually driving the unit, need to get into the hole to engage the right thing [I use an end cut off an old cable], and try the drill both directions, I'm thinking it takes the drill in reverse

I could prolly come up w/ a functioning speedo head out of the dozen gauge sets on hand in a pinch

Bill

Gee........will you ever get that project on the road.........

help is on the way

Joker your too funny buddy!! Hey did get some work done this weekend. Thanks to Jay and Phil!!

Ok Red: The drill actually did work in forward because the mileage barrel would move forward w/clockwise rotation of drill and mileage would backup with counter clockwise drill rotation. Heck I thought about using an electric drill to unwind it back to 000000.0. Right now mileage is at 120 plus thousand.

Let me check things out a little closer and we will get together on what I need. Very fortunate the V bezel will clean up real nice. Have buffing tools here at work and a paste that is cleaning up the better chrome real well.

popcorn The Truth is Out There (Really interesting components on the inside of those things) Pops

back here we have a law and will hang you if try to wind that mileage backward

winding the mileage back with a drill would take longer than driving in reverse for 20,000 miles

Bill

but red58.............pops has all kinds of time..

I tried the backwards thing and ended up laughing, I am too darn old to wait til it goes back 100 miles

could you just install it and then drive back-ward in reverse...............

It's been my impression that if you reset the mileage all the way back to zero, it's OK. Just don't turn it part way back. When I was a kid, I remember my Dad looking at used cars that had been reset to zero. Is that still true?

You're NOT supposed to do it.

Different states have different laws. Michigan doesn't care what the mileage is if the vehicle is 10 years or older.

As Fred said, Texas will have you shot at dawn if they catch you.

Check with the DMV in your state and see what is applicable to YOU.

South Dakota doesn't care if it is over 10 years old either. If I have an original mileage car, they won't put the mileage on the title unless I make a specific request to state the mileage and have a statement from the previous owner about the mileage being original. You gotta be careful if original miles is important to the vehicle history.

Ok guys all good points and yes it is against the law in Indiana if I remember right. But!! What would be the difference if you put a new one in?

popcorn The Truth is Out There (Oh here we just show proof the speedometer has been tampered with and its filed on the title) Pops

Hey, Popcorn, I went through the exact same problem with my '59 Apache. One thing I learned is that later model speedo gearboxes are very, very similar. The only real difference is that in some of the later speedos the drive cable doesn't screw on, it snaps on with a retainer on the gearbox. They still work. I got several from e-bay just in case - they're cheap. My odometer tumblers are from a '79 Corvette - works fine.

Thanks Apache Kid: I'll put that im my memory bank!

popcorn The Truth is Out There (I love the help from this place) Pops