|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
11-01-2020, 09:27 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 134
|
Speedometer 1950 F3
I drove my truck today for the first time in over 30 years! It drove great! But the speedometer was bouncing all over the place and making a loud vibration noise. I remember it not be reliable before so didn't get to concerned about that. Finally it stuck at 0 and the needle is all catiwaumpus. I assume something came apart inside. Is there any repair to them? Any idea where I could find a new or used replacement? Not looking forward to taking that out...
Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk |
11-01-2020, 10:09 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: So Cal
Posts: 8,757
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
Why not take the cable out and see if it was dry and broke.
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
11-02-2020, 08:00 AM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 134
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
|
11-02-2020, 08:02 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 134
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
Adding a couple pictures
Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk |
11-02-2020, 08:14 AM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: upstate SC
Posts: 2,967
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
definitely broke in the speedometer, may be easier/cheaper to find another than repair
|
11-02-2020, 08:24 AM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: The Thumb of Michigan
Posts: 107
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
Mike Last edited by Black Fifty; 11-02-2020 at 10:02 AM. Reason: add content |
11-03-2020, 09:02 AM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Dighton, Mass
Posts: 1,230
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
My old eyes see the needle shaft either broke or the jewel bearing failed usually caused
by the cable and casing dry that makes the needle violently bouncing. those are on ebay all the time. cheaper to replace than to send it out and swap the odometer which is easy. Nice one on ebay right now for cheap....sam |
12-27-2020, 09:17 AM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 134
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
|
12-27-2020, 10:39 AM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: u-rah-rah-Wisconsin
Posts: 1,138
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
The cable has a threaded collar on both ends. Undo them and pull the cable out.
__________________
19 and 49 F1 - jes' like Henry II built 1946 Deluxe - as Henry built it |
12-27-2020, 10:45 AM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Columbus, IN
Posts: 1,407
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
Every speedo cable I have pulled out is from the speedo end. I usually didn't disconnect the transmission end.
|
03-06-2021, 10:21 PM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 134
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
I tried pulling the cable out today but it didn't want to come. I didn't want to pull too hard and break something. I'm pulling on the speedo end I haven't tried taking the other end off yet. Is there something holding it in place?
Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk |
03-06-2021, 10:25 PM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: u-rah-rah-Wisconsin
Posts: 1,138
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
Yes, the threaded collar.
__________________
19 and 49 F1 - jes' like Henry II built 1946 Deluxe - as Henry built it |
03-06-2021, 10:42 PM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 134
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
|
03-07-2021, 07:16 PM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Upstate,South Carolina
Posts: 500
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
Get in touch with Rusty at speedometer services, he may be able to help you get the cable out and can probably repair the speedometer. HRP
https://www.speedoservice.com/
__________________
‘When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don’t see the one which has opened for us.’ Alexander Graham Bell |
03-07-2021, 07:55 PM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Lynden, WA
Posts: 1,564
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
The cable just pulled out of my 49. My speedo did the same thing, some screws fell out. Just cleaned things and put it back together.
__________________
"whatever works!" |
03-08-2021, 06:36 AM | #16 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 134
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
Quote:
Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk |
|
03-08-2021, 09:00 AM | #17 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: gouverneur n,y,
Posts: 2,756
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
it looks like the shift is damage will need to be repaired or replaced. papanick
|
03-08-2021, 02:55 PM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: NM
Posts: 2,438
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
The inner cable pulls out from the trans end.
__________________
'52 F-1, EAB flathead |
03-08-2021, 10:39 PM | #19 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 134
|
Re: Speedometer 1950 F3
Quote:
Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk |
|
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|