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Calling all Aussies, Kiwis and Canucks; help me out here

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by bigfitz52, Jul 23, 2008.

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    bigfitz52 Well-Known Member Premium Member

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    tell me that Australia or New Zealand or even maybe Canada (?) measures distances in miles too, not all Kilometers? Or did 25 years ago?What I'm fishing for is a 120MPH speedo (guts) for my '81/'83 Seca 550(s) we here in the USA were in the midst of the 85MPH speedometer debacle, there had to be REAL speedo guts made in that era I could use...I just need to know what corner of the world to poke about in...
     
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    Our speedo's are geared up to the kilometer scale, but do have the miles per hour printed on the face in tiny print!
     
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    UK is still M.P.H. Aus changed to Kms somtime in the 80s.
     
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    UK is MPH??? AWEsome!!! All I gotta do is find a UK-spec speedo mechanism or two. Piece of cake (hold my beer, we can do this...) stay tuned.
     
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    Did you see some of the aftermarket speedos in some of the chopper/mod threads? Some are very modern looking but some are chromish.
     
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    It has to look stock. The cluster comes apart easily, all I need is a UK speedo mechanism from the same series and it will look like it came that way.
     
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    Yep. I found that one, too. Emailed seller, she was not the least bit enthusiastic about international commerce. Then I found a couple here in the states, from 1979 and '80 models that go to 120. Got bids out on a couple right now...
     
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