got cold

too cold

not all parts are equal - brand new Britpart senders (x3) giving out wrong reading. Genuine Parts are correct first time...

coolant gauge all working ok now - this was the reading when the 80degree thermostat opened up

drivers window not moving -time to investigate

panel off

winder mechanism coming out

loose rivet, bent arm, and alignment not right

left hand edge of quadrant fouling the left side arm here

removed spring

then drilled out rivet and released pin

in bits

straightened arm welded to quadrant - at a slightly different position to prevent fouling

primed

refitted and working

A couple of old ignition wires which have seen better days

Stripped down to component parts

old and new ignition wire

trimmed the end

added back "acorn" and copper washer

ready to go

out with the old

new ones fitted

different speedo issue this time, sticking needle (rather than wandering needle last time), as shown here

the pointer is fixed to the spindle which is fixed to the "drag cup" - the silver disk in the middle of the assembly

the cup should spin freely when "dragged" by a rotating magnet, but was getting pinched, i thought by the free play shown where this screwdriver is lodged

prise pointer and face off, start removing small screws and tiny springs

that oblong at the bottom is the rotating magnet

magnet spindle removed from housing but not possible to shim out the play. scratch head. reassemble.

decide to relieve the pinching by adjusting the other end of the cup/spindle/pointer assembly by slackening that tiny screw in the centre allowing more endfloat

assemble using tiny dot to align pointer, then rotate face around so stop peg is on the correct side of pointer

all back together, and once fitted and test drive complete found to be working fine.