On Thursday 23 November 2017 15:21:03 dave wrote: > Ya mean there isn't a dead '88 Caddy in a junk yard near by. I assume > the gear is in the rear of the transmission. > That is the first place I would look. > > Dave
Yeah, but the junk yards long ago turned in the "gas guzzlers" and crushed them. Locally the chances of finding something pre 90 are pretty slim unless you buy it from grandpa Elijia's widow. 4wd Pickups are another class, lots of old pickups about, in various states of terminal iron oxide. > On 11/23/2017 11:37 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 23 November 2017 14:16:27 jrmitchellj . wrote: > >> Before going to all the trouble, I would consult the Boston Gear > >> catalog. > > > > Humm, that means I'll have to know exactly what it is and all I know > > atm is that its 11 teeth. He thinks anyway. > > > > Would anybody at Boston Gear know exactly what it is? Like the > > chances they made the OEM part for caddy? > > > >> Happy thanksgiving! > > > > You too Ray. Thanks. > > > >> Ray > >> > >> --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. > >> jrmitche...@gmail.com > >> > >> > >> > >> The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. > >> The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with > >> the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act > >> anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our > >> country.*Abraham Lincoln > >> <http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Abraham_Lincoln/>*, *Annual > >> message to Congress, December 1, 1862* > >> *16th president of US (1809 - 1865)* > >> > >> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Gene Heskett > >> <ghesk...@shentel.net> > > > > wrote: > >>> Greetings all; > >>> > >>> A friend of the next door neighbors kid brother collared me at the > >>> grocery store today. Seems he has acquired an 88 caddy that has > >>> spent the last 30 years parked in a garage, collecting zero miles. > >>> > >>> But it has just broken some teeth off the speedometer gear in the > >>> transmission, and without that data the transmission is acting > >>> berserk and has rendered a showroom caddy un-driveable. > >>> > >>> And he wants me to see if I can restore this broken, probably > >>> plastic or phenolic gear. > >>> > >>> I have a hunch that as soon as I get this encoder working, then I > >>> had better get to work on my 4" rotary table as I'll need it to > >>> cut fresh teeth in the replacement plastic, or maybe even brass. > >>> > >>> Caddy has been queried about it, but the last of those service > >>> parts was sold out in 2008 according to their reply. So its make > >>> a new one, or else junk the caddy. > >>> > >>> If I elect to do brass, that will probably need a specially ground > >>> tapered mill or a single tooth flycutter. Does anyone know where > >>> one might obtain a drawing for such a tool? Or should I jut try > >>> to duplicate something that fits the remaining teeth on this one > >>> when it arrives? > >>> > >>> Thanks guys. > >>> > >>> Cheers, Gene Heskett > >>> -- > >>> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > >>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > >>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > >>> Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> ------------------ > >>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > >>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Emc-users mailing list > >>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>--- -------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the > >> world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! > >> http://sdm.link/slashdot > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
