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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I have one.. they break speedo cables! Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [T3] 'Pickup' on Speedo Cable > On 23 Apr 2002, at 8:02, Ian Ruinaard wrote: > > > I hope someone can enlighten me -I had the Speedo out on my 68 Automatic > > fastback & there is an unusual black 'pickup' mounted on the back of the > > Speedo (The speedo cable goes into this pickup which is screwed on the back of > > the Speedo) I has 2 wires coming from it which lead into the wiring harness. I > > cannot find it on my wiring diagrams. > > I've never seen one, but I understand that there was an accessory for early > cars that would mount between the end of the speedo cable and the > speedometer that would turn on the backup lights if the cable rotation > reversed. > > This MIGHT be what you have, but the neutral safety switch should have the > backup light switch built into it. There are very few of these early 68 ATs > around, though, so there might be some different things about them, plus > this might be an Austrailian type 3 with its own unique features. Simon can > probably clear this up. > > - > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > > </x-charset>