I would have thought that one should be relatively easy to find at a local junkyard. Depending on the model I would be surprised if it even had a cable and not just a pulse generator connected directly to the gear. Most GM cars switched from cables a few years before that. ----- Original Message ----- From: dave <dengv...@charter.net> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:21:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] oddball job
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 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 -- ======================================== Todd Zuercher mailto:zuerc...@embarqmail.com ======================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
