Made a housing/bracket to locate the speedo under the dash. Centered under the switch plate seemed to work out best. Not exactly a purist's assessory but it was about 1/3 the cost. And it's illuminated!
Ken-
I'm glad to see it registers up to 80 mph!
Looks good.
-Keith
.....but you haven't been anywhere!
Now drive it.
Ken, You have any idea how many beer cans I need to collect from beer joints and dance halls to be able to afford to buy one of those modern speedos so I can drill 2 holes in a perfectly good TT dash? . . .Nope, I'm not a "purist" and you've made a very respectable installation. And I second Chris' admonishion 'Now drive it' . . to San Marcos and get busy on my C Cab! ;o)
No, not too shabby at all! Great idea for a TT to have a speedo so that the owner can brag about their machine's top speed. That one there should be good for "off a cliff"!
Just kidding. I like the idea of an odometer and every T could benefit from having one of those. Being mechanical it is far more "period" than the solid-state devices that I build for the T! I'd rather see it attached with 3M high-performance double-sided foam tape even though those two holes could easily be filled! -my purist side :-)
Looks good.
How about showing us the cable routing over/around the coil box?
Cable? What cable?
Just kidding. I don't have a picture of the cable routing yet but it clears the coil box. The picture makes it look like it's sitting very close to the box but there's enough of room. The cable kind of loops up under the cowl and then down to the speedo.
Yeah, I hated to drill holes in the dash. Especially since the dash went through a good deal of patching and straightening. The only other location might have been the column but the customer preferred this spot. Besides, the steering wheel spoke would be right in front of it.
I'm surprised no one caught the little black button on the switch panel. It's not a button but a small grommet that holds the turn signal indicator light. Yeah, Yeah, another hole.
Hey George, You get my email about the shackles?
You can get electronic speedometers that look like that. I have a couple buried in the garage. I put one in a larger case and used it for the Great Race. I used to buy magnetic pickups, ready to install, from a rally guy.
rdr
I used a bicycle speedometer on my T It has a odometer,trip meter,elapsed time & you can remove the gauge part & put it in your pocket for a watch. No holes to drill. It is pretty accurate. Can be bought at Wally World or a bike shop. Henry did not put it on so I guess I have a hot rod. Nelson
Neat job.I did some searching useing the search function about the bike speedo and cant find anything as in exactly how it goes on and calibration.Would be a neat trick.
I dont need 1 on the tt.Last few times I had it out I have had either a deputy or a highway patrolman following me.so if I was speeding,I am sure I woulda got blue lighted.The speed zone on our road is that slow 45.I have been told by a passing motorist that I was doing 22~!
There are instructions included for caliabration. There is a magnetic pickup I JB welded to the left front hub. The eletronic pickup clamps to the spindle with a plastic strap made on the pickup. If I get a chance I will look & see if I can find a name & number of the unit & post it tommorrow. Nelson
I couldn't find parts to repair my AC Speedometer, so I converted it to use a bicycle speedometer inside the original case. There is a small rod that sticks out the bottom of the case so you can get to the functions on the bicycle speedometer. The magnetic pick up is almost hidden, you can see it just next to the top of the spindle. The magnet on the wheel is attached to the old speedometer ring gear, you can just see it about in the middle of the hub.
To Mack Jeffery Cole. The bike speedometer I used is a Bell Digital. Part no.06612. They are in Rantoul Ill. Hope this is some help. Nelson