Re: Help with Speedometer

["aaron_t_graham" <aaron_t_graham@xxxx>]

Ah, yes...the notorious angle drive. Whoever came up with the 
mechanical "angle drive" technology for automobiles should have been 
fired on the spot. Certainly, by the time that automobiles had 
speedometers, that kind of technology should have already been 
considered primitive and unsatisfactory.

The angle drive on my car went out about 4 months after I bought it. 
Later, I had the angle drive replaced while my car was getting the 
lowered suspension at DMC Houston. Three months later, I made sure I 
greased the angle drive. Three months after that, it also stopped 
working (It worked intermittently for about two days).

That was almost two years ago. I haven't bothered to replace the 
angle drive again. I did call PJ Grady once to see if I could get 
a "hardcore" model, but they said they didn't have any in stock. 
They also told me that I should wait, because they're working on 
a "better solution". DMC Houston also claims to be working on a 
solution (digital, if I remember correctly).

After all this time, I've pretty much given up wishing for a good 
replacement (even though I would easily spend upwards of, say, $400 
for a GOOD, PERMANENT solution). I figure that my speedometer will 
never again rise above 0. On the upside, at least my car will never 
have more than 34,000 miles. :)

Aaron