Re: alfa-digest V8 #905

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

on 7/10/02 10:56 AM, alfa-digest at owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided wrote:

> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:08:37 -0400
> From: "Peter L. Krause" <pkrause@domain.elided>
> Subject: Latest Alfa Owner and Spider Speedos...
> 
> Nice bunch of articles in the latest Alfa Owner magazine. Congrats to
> Storhok and the crew for a great showing in the Grassroots Challenge, nice
> acknowledgement of the copy of Hugh Tompkins GTA Junior paint job, too.
> Fascinating article on race cornerworking from Mike Hemsley (what a way to
> get close to the action) and always good to see Bill Bean's interesting and
> informative "Magazine Watch" column.
> 
> On the speedo irregularities (reading slower over time) on the late Spiders,
> that is absolutely the most common problem we've seen. Over time, the value
> of the trimmer pot on the pcb of the speedo changes value. We used to send
> off the speedos to Palo Alto or North Hollywood, but now we just adjust the
> existing pot using our signal generator until we can't correct it anymore
> and then replace the pot. Can't think of the value off hand, but that's the
> deal!
> 
> - -Peter Krause
> www.krauseandengland.com


Please explain the procedure for the signal generator. My GTV-6 electronic
speedo also has an adjustment pot (I think) and it is wildly optimistic. I'd
like to try to correct it myself before sending it out. Thanks.
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