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 Post subject: Smiths electric speedo
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:38 pm 
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Hi all anyone got one? What are the like? Anyone in Australia sell them? Only asking as I'm having issues with my cable one at the moment. Looking at upgrading to an electric one
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Howards Instruments are a local distributor - i'll be purchasing one soon!

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I made my own, but used the original odometer tumbler - I don't like the digital display

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:25 pm 
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How'd you do it simon k?
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They are bringing out a Cooper S one looks identical, but OLED display I was thinking about one...

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I couldn't give a rats about the display... I just have a weber in the way of the speedo cable!

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simon k wrote:
I made my own, but used the original odometer tumbler - I don't like the digital display


I'm making one too. Mine will use stepper motors to drive the needle and to turn the odometer. I haven't decided what to do with the fuel gauge yet.

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That's part of the problem I've got too stuewy
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:39 pm 
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They are a nice thing. I try to keep the price similar to uk outlets. I'm interested if one of you guys can make one with a mechanical odometer. You definitely have more time on your hands than me :D

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More infor please minijcar
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http://www.smiths-instruments.co.uk/mini

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ricksmini wrote:
That's part of the problem I've got too stuewy


You could fit a separate Fuel Gauge...after all, you can never have too many instruments :D

http://www.derek.com.au/smithsgauges.html

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ricksmini wrote:
That's part of the problem I've got too stuewy

Could use a 1:1 90deg speedo drive box and a longer cable? How Lillee here did it.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:29 pm 
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Yeah I might be able to doc. I will have to have a look through this posts to have a look how he done it. The cable I have is fairly long.
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drmini in aust wrote:
Could use a 1:1 90deg speedo drive box and a longer cable? How Lillee here did it.


I have a Group-N sized weber box that makes all of this impossible :lol:

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