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From: bentonh@tekid.UUCP (Benton Holzwarth)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: speedo blues
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Date: Fri, 19-Aug-83 11:52:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 19 11:52:30 1983
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    I've noticed a problem with my speedometer. It reads about
15% high. That's more then can be accounted for by switching
from the stock 185/70 tires to 205/60's which seem to be about
a 0.2 inches shorter in radius. Any ideas? Are speedos normally
adjustable, or do you just buy a new one? And how much do you
normally have to replace? Just the guts, or the entire dash
assembly? When they go, do they often stay linear in their error
or will it skew off at a certain range?

    And locally (Portland/Beaverton Oregon)...  does any one
know of a place I could get it calibrated, once I've got it
fixed, or retweeked?

    The car is a '79 BMW 320i. And yes I stand behind my
statements that BMW's are reliable cars. It's fair for one
or two parts to go sour at 90k miles.

    Benton Holzwarth
 ...tektronix!tekid!bentonh

    Tektronix, Oregon