Hi Mr. Burdsall,

Do you mean that the speedo/odometer can fail independantly. Ouch. The
Tripdometer isn't moving, so I guess that means the Speed and Odo are equally
non functional.

I just traced the speedometer cable. Geez, how does one access these nuts? The
space is so tight I can't get my wrench to turn it. It took me an hour to loosen
it and tried to move it out of the rear shaft housing. Decided to put it back as
I couldn't reroute enough slack to pull it completly out.  And how does one
remove the cable from the speedo housing? Who has fingers that slim? Any tips on
how to do this?

So anyhow  where would one get a replacement speedo cable? Does one need an OEM
from MG or can any old speedo cable fit? Guess a trip to the MG shop is coming.


ME



--- On Tue, 5/12/09, jburd@... <jburd@...> wrote:
From: jburd@... <jburd@...>
Subject: Re: [Jackal Owners Club] New season frustrations
To: jackalownersclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 5:33 PM

















Quoting eng_michael <eng_michael@ yahoo.com>:



>

> This morning my speedometer stopped working. Hooray. I'm hoping a

> screw loosened off the speedo cable, but that's just wishful. It

> likely broke now that the Odometer cleared 23k. Any suggestions on

> troubleshooting or other advice, as I've never had this happen to me

> and barely know how this works on the Jackal.



If both the speedometer and odometer are dead the first thing I'd look

at is the speedo cable. Over the last 897xx miles I've had to replace

my cable twice. Once cause it died on its own, the other cause I was

too creative in routing it.



--

Jon Burdsall

Helena, Mt



"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a

cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup."

- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)



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