Speedo and Tach dissection with pics

I just got back from my trip and picked that one up in Lost Hills. It is a little dirty and the trip knob broke via fedex on its way to my house. The speedo that was in it is stuck with a trip at 666 and the speedometer needle is off. Someone told me about a guy in Seattle that fixes them but I had already shipped the old one back. I'll ship it to you if you're still interested!

 

I would be interested in knowing who that is................

 

I just did a quick search and it looks like seattlespeedometer.com is the ticket. The owner is Buz Ras, but he looks expensive.

 

this link is bad too

 

Bad link, bad! Daddy spank!

An old online file repository I don't use any more. Let me check the XJ4Ever site... well, I'll be dipped. It's not there. I thought Len had everything I'd done. Is this why you tried to email me a while back?

I'm sure I still have the file somewhere, although I'd rather have Fitz's permission to distribute, as ISTR he had reservations about that in the past.

 

yes it is . there was/is a problem with photobucket shuting down the photos on the web pages Hogfiddles is working to restore the info with fitzs ok .
we lost all the photos from fitzs writeup and many others members to due to photobucket changes. but if you use chrome and add the photobucket extension it brings the photos back until photobucket catches on.
thanks for the reply

 

I'm working on it....

 

Just checked the system I was using to do all the writeups -- I have the original file I did up in Wordperfect, and the original pictures that went into it, but not the PDF. I'd want to rework the file in Word to pretty it up. I did up his tach cable seal, but he had asked me to hold off on distribution.

I could probably do up the others as well, if needed -- just let me know.

 

What an absolute fantastic breakdown and information with photos. Well done Fritz. Found it so helpful. Issue I have is I have the seca xj650 with usa speedo going up to 80mph. I want to restore it to uk spec with a clock face of 140mph. I have the clock face but not sure how or what drives the needle to go so far round. The speedo drive in wheel is the same as uk. So has to be something inside clock that will need changing. Any ideas?

 

Get a speedo from a ‘78-79 xs750. It’s a bolt-on swap