While on the New Year’s Day tour a part in my old blue car did encounter a somewhat dramatic DNF…
While I was pressing a 55 MPH canyon turn all of a sudden it sounded like I ran my car into a running buzz saw!!!!! ... :eek:
Then I noticed my speedo needed bouncing…
My speedometer was SCREAMING at me like a child at the top of his lungs!!!!! …. :eek:
Eventually, at any speed over 40, the noise was SO loud I had to pull over, (losing the group I was running with) pulled the speedo, and unhook the cable.
Last Weds. I took my speedo over to North Hollywood Speedometer (I’m lucky that they're only a few miles from work) with them asking if I needed it that day.
I said no, the next day would be fine… Thursday I picked it up and put it back in that night… all OK at about $185.
Numbers:
- I told them that the odometer reading was VERY important to me and to make sure it didn’t change – NHS, no problem.
- For my own piece of mind I etched my VIN on the instrument body – Completely unnecessary with NHS but it made me feel better.
- When I picked up my speedo from NHS the technician told me that my speedo had been in the shop about 10 years before… and it had the date, technician’s name, and mileage all written (somewhere) inside the speedo…….. WOW, I had completely forgotten. When I checked my records, there it was………… duh…:rolleyes:
- When I checked the instrument body for a place to etch my VIN I smiled at the date stamp – My April build 911 has in fact a 4/73 date stamp speedo.
………… comfort .... :o ;)
