By the way,if you're the "Pappy" that has a nice light colored pre-L and sent me photos a few years back, be aware that I lost your e-mail address to ask if it was OK- I sent a side view of your machine to the POCA Chapter'Panteras Northwest' when they first incorporated, and they used it into their logo! So 'Pappy's car' is famous, after a fashion! Call up their web page & see if there's a resemblance-
Pappy, most likely the original problem was from the plastic cable jacket- liner being worn out especially where the jacket makes tight curves back by the ZF. When this happens, the steel cable rubs the steel jacket housing and occasionally it will snag the shreds of the plastic liner. This causes the speedo needle to bounce and eventually breaks the cable, but its possible more damage resulted somehow. The only known fix for a worn out cable jacket is to replace both the cable and its jacket, which is a full Saturday job. The upside is, the new liners make the speedo action much smoother than any 36-yr-old OEM one.
By the way,if you're the "Pappy" that has a nice light colored pre-L and sent me photos a few years back, be aware that I lost your e-mail address to ask if it was OK- I sent a side view of your machine to the POCA Chapter'Panteras Northwest' when they first incorporated, and they used it into their logo! So 'Pappy's car' is famous, after a fashion! Call up their web page & see if there's a resemblance-
By the way,if you're the "Pappy" that has a nice light colored pre-L and sent me photos a few years back, be aware that I lost your e-mail address to ask if it was OK- I sent a side view of your machine to the POCA Chapter'Panteras Northwest' when they first incorporated, and they used it into their logo! So 'Pappy's car' is famous, after a fashion! Call up their web page & see if there's a resemblance-