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syfygi
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 Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 5:33 pm Post subject: speedometer question? |
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| will a bug speedometer work in a bus I have several of those and my buses speedo is broken, not really dealt with transporters before so I thought maybe you guys could give me some advice |
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VDubTech
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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Not a chance. 2 totally different animals.
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1967250s
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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Well....... you might be able to hook one up and mount it up, but it won't fit in the dash, hacking is not desirable. Maybe temporarily duct tape to the dash somewhere, but it will not be anywhere near accurate. And later Busses have a gearbox in there somewhere. So the cable might not even hook up, not sure there.
I think you could easily order a used one a drive until it get there. |
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Brian
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:20 am Post subject: |
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The speedometer cable is the same, aside from length. It would be weird though. I kinda want to see what that would look like though.
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merlinj79
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Assuming bugs have smaller wheels, the gearing would be wrong too, so the speedo would read low.
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syfygi
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:26 am Post subject: |
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| ok thanks guys. any idea where I could get a speedo for it then? |
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jtauxe 
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Check the classifieds. Note that the speedometer and other dials changed in style from year to year, though most (all?) work from the same cable.
What year is your bus?
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Chris at www.bustedbus.com
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syfygi
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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| my bus is a 1971. Jtauxe |
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Eharrison
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| my bus is a 1971. Jtauxe |
Interstate Used Parts in Lake Elsinore has used ones I picked one up...$50 or $75, I think. They have a website.
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