spedo...repair?

[n/a]

I am in the middle of workig on my spedo, and i am looking for some help.
my guage works but the odomiter dose not turn. I removed the unit from the dash and upon inspection i noticed that a small plastic gear inside the unit was missing three teeth. This is the gear that is directly driven by the cable just at the far back of the unit. One side of it is a metal worm gear and the other is a nylon slightly of center straight tooth gear.
my question is can i buy this part or do i need to replace the spedo as a unit.
any help would be great.

Jerry P.

[rwmastel]

Jerry,
Hi.  I found these companies listed in our very own list of vendors.
http://www.sl113.org/data/show_table.asp?table_name=usr_parts_and_service_suppliers
One fo them should be able to help you.  If not, perhaps you could contact VDO directly?

Lauderdale Speedometer
300 W. State Rd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315
800-951-5123
www.Lspeedo.com

Overseas Speedometer
100 Wallis Dr.
Austin, TX 78746
800-444-0292
www.speedometer.com

North Hollywood Speedometer and Clock Co.
6111 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91606
818-761-5136
www.nhspeedometer.com

Palo Alto Speedometer, Inc.
718 Emerson St.
Palo Alto, CA 94301-2410
650-323-0243
www.paspeedo.com

Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both  tops
1994 E420

[isofast]

Speedo for sale
I will sell the speedo at a price that you can live with all I want is what is fair. The chrome surround is pitted/crazed but speedo worked when taken out of car (i am told)  
Parts Car Ernie
847-295-2749
847-716-0899

First Place AACA Show Winner 350SL August 2003
I love low mile car's.
1969 280 4spd

[114015]

Hello Jerry,

I have not done it so far. Perhaps speedos are to high (complicated) for me.
Had my stuff overhauled at North Hollywood Speedometer (see below in Rodd's listing). I am very pleased. Part looks like new. Costs were about 200 $$.
If you want to stay with DIY, I would like to recommend to get any 108, 110 or 111 or 114 speedo for parts. Inner parts of the speedos should be pretty much the same. It's at least worth the trial.

Please let us know how it works out.

Good luck!


Achim
(Magdeburg, Germany)

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thanks for all of the input and help.
I ended up taking the gear out and using epoxy glue to fill in the areas that had been broken off then i used a small file to reshape the material back into the shape of the missing teeth.

now its back in the car and working great!

Jerry P.