Wanted, Slat grill speedo part

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Wanted, Slat grill speedo part

Post by Bad Dad » Tue Dec 01, 2015 3:28 pm

I hope one of you can help, or at least advise me. I am restoring a Jan' 1942 slat grill Jeep, have managed to find a correct speedo that I'm having restored by a bloke here in London. Although now, we have come up against a problem, and that is the little gear for resting the trip meter is missing from the shaft.
If anyone could advise me on whether there is a way of getting one, new or old, or whether the part is common to anything else, or whether there is an engineering drawing to make it possible to get one made.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Douglas.


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Re: Wanted, Slat grill speedo part

Post by Ian Fawbert » Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:30 pm

Hi Douglas,

At a thought, could you pick up a few cheap/old autolite speedo's off ebay and strip them to see if the gear is inside?

Alternatively, what about other Autolite (later, non 5mph increment) speedo's? I think they were used on quite a few things.

I also have (likely wrong) a slight feeling, something about the motometer speedo's being able to be used for parts (or maybe that was just to make a mock 5mph increment speedo a few years back when Sean was selling the bits here).

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Re: Wanted, Slat grill speedo part

Post by Chuck Lutz » Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:52 am

Douglas....is this the one you need on the end of the reset knob shaft?
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If so, it looks to be swaged onto the shaft. I can sandblast it this weekend to see if I can get it safely off and make the postage cheap or, just send you this section of the internals I salvaged for just this part.

Cost to you is shipping only if you want it as it is or free shipping in an envelope.

Cost of the gear to you is one cold beer if we ever run into each other.
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Re: Wanted, Slat grill speedo part

Post by Bad Dad » Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:55 am

Hi Chuck,

Thank you very much for your reply, and your kind offer. It looks right to me, but I have forwarded the picture to the restorer who has my speedo to see if that's what he needs, will get back to you as soon as I hear back, hopefully tomorrow allowing for our time differences.

Many thanks again.

Douglas.

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Re: Wanted, Slat grill speedo part

Post by Chuck Lutz » Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:03 pm

That gear engages the Idler Gear which is a two-wheel brass gear. Lucky you....I happen to have that one also. if you need both you owe me two beers....

Check your email for the slat speedo blow-up...
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