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Royston
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 21 Mar 2016 : 16:59:56
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My speedo has broken ! The Hair spring all screwed up and the drag disk is scraping on magnetic drive, Kaput !
Consequently searching for a replacement and realise that my speedo is not the original as it is a Jaeger model 0 - 100 mph sn 5324 / 04 1632
I believe the original should be a Smiths gauge but do not know the model no, or even the max speed shown on the "real" Series 3a speedos.
Can anyone tell me the correct model number please, and advice on if I could use a different speedo, and still get a reasonably accurate readout ? Presumably tyre size, diff ratio all make a difference.
any advice appreciated.
Royston
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pruyter
Netherlands
323 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2016 : 17:56:00
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Hi Royston,
Try Michael Langley, the SROC Spares Officer of the series cars.
I am sure he is able to provide you with a used speedo meter of the right car.
Regards,
Peter |
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bigt80
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Mar 2016 : 16:43:06
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Hello Royston,
It sounds like you have the correct speedo there: Jaeger were fitted, not Smiths and that serial no. indicates one that would be fitted to most IIIA's with o/d, although they did change them late on in the IIIA production when the suffix was '14' rather than '04'. All were 100mph ones!
I think it might be Smiths were used on IV & V's, but I'm not a Series man  I always thought it odd that all instruments on III & IIIA's were Jaeger except the ammeter, which was Lucas, maybe Jaeger did not make one?
I gave away the one I had (speedo) recently as it was no use to me, but there maybe another down at the stores - will be there in a couple of weeks if you don't find anything in the meantime.
Cheers. G. |
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Royston
United Kingdom
48 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2016 : 06:27:59
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thanks for info Bigt80, I'm surprised it should be a Jaeger speedo, as the Tacho was a Smiths Gauge,(Z 51922/1, positive earth with a chrome centred pointer with white needle ) Maybe the Tacho is wrong ?
that would be a shame as I have just spent quite a lot of time and effort converting it from RVI to RVC so that it works with my electronic ignition.
Royston
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pruyter
Netherlands
323 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2016 : 10:45:09
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Your Revolution counter should show RN.1310/00.
As Glen pointed out to you: for most of the series 3A Rapiers the number of your speedo meter is SN.5324/04 this goes for B3011643 up to B3062491 and indeed from B3062492 it is SN. 5324/14
By the way, Smiths bought British Jaeger Intstruments Company already in 1927 and Jaeger is considered as the luxuary variant of the Smiths instruments.Technically there is not much difference between the speedo's, the difference is in the look of the facia's.
Regards,
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Edited by - pruyter on 24 Mar 2016 10:46:01 |
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Royston
United Kingdom
48 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2016 : 11:29:38
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Thanks for that Peter, I have contacted Michael re Club spares and am waiting for him to see if there are any available through the club, or it will have to be an ebay search ahead !
cheers
Royston
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RapierPhil
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 Mar 2016 : 18:11:48
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Hi Royston
Have you got fixed up yet?
I have a speedo with your original par No if you are interested.
Cheers Phil 01673 843298 |
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Royston
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30 Mar 2016 : 08:04:05
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Thanks Phil, I have not heard back from the Spares officer yet, so will give you a call later today (Wed)
cheers
Royston
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bigt80
United Kingdom
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Posted - 31 Mar 2016 : 17:36:06
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| He was in NZ, so maybe he's not back in the UK yet? Looks like you should get sorted anyway with Rapierphil's help . Cheers. G. |
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