speedo gearing and diff question

[jp02ti]

Mike, i thought about the ti models too, since we've had a couple. however I couldn't find any references to what diff they were delivered with, at least nothing that indicates it was anything other than the "standard" 4.11 or 3.64 LSDs. our 2002ti (both the '69 and the '70) were delivered with a 3.64 LSD.

I don't think the gauges are NK, although there is a remote possibility that it is from a 2000C.

attached are a couple of pictures or the cluster.

and for those depating whether or not I'm an idiot...it all depends who you ask! I'll tell you that I'm a right smart dude, but if you ask my wife you might get a different answer. Please rest assured I did research as much as possible before posing my questions, and while some of the posts are not exactly answers it is still good information.

[jp02ti]

Hi JimK,

I appreciate you contributing to this tread. your information will be helpful, although in this case it did not specifically answer my question. Perhaps I could have phrased my question better.

I need to know what car this gauge cluster was OEM on, and despite my research I'm having trouble figuring it out. I needed help. I don't think my mama can help though, at least, not in this case!

Please be respectful of my questions, as I am of everybody elses.

thank you all for your contributions and opinions, can we get back to the inital questions please?

Does anybody have insight into what car this speedo came from?

thanks again,

Jon Poole

toront02fest at hotmail dot c0m

[jimk]

If CD was confused then I am allowed to be too.

[jimk]

If CD was confused then I am allowed to be too.

[c.d.iesel]

we're getting closer . . .. . .

is the tach / clock / gauges marked 6 V , or 12 V ?

[jp02ti]

12V, just to make it more confusing. if it was 6V then I'd consider perhaps an early 1600ti with a CR-5sp and a 3.45 rear end would be the perfect application, but that doesn't seem likely. of course, all 1600ti and 2002ti were delivered with a tach from the factory, as the clock was in the dash.

Jon

[c.d.iesel]

the only cars THAT CAME standard WITH a 3.45 diff

is 2002 Tii, and 2002 Touring Tii ( Euro market )

standard diff in turbo by the way was 3.36

just for giggles

[PatAllen]

funny, i have two speedo marked W=1.28

[jgerock]

Jon -

Those must have been popular clusters. Here's mine I bought from a FAQ member for my ti project. No clue which model it was pulled from.

Note the speedo is stamped 7.68 and also has blue marking of 3.70. Was it made in July 1968 or March 1970? Note the other upside down blue marking of 10.70 on the side section.

[jp02ti]

Hey Jim,

I suspect the 10 70 is an install date, my cluster has 6 68 stamped, and also on the blue stamp in several places.

Jon

[Conserv]

Jon,

This may have already been noted -- I'm older and got a bit tired reading this string -- but the photo of the early gauge cluster back, sent by you (jp02ti), I believe, shows markings in the upper right corner of the photo that appear to read "89/2 VDO 12V." One, could this be a repair part dating to February 1989, or is "89/2" simply not a date mark? Two, could a replacement speedometer head date to September 1989 ("89 9"), or is 6 68 simply not a date mark? As Jim (jgerock) already pointed out, maybe 6 68 is not the date; maybe his cluster's date marks are those stamped in ink. We like dates; perhaps we try too hard to see them in every marking.

Steve

[jgerock]

Jon,

This may have already been noted -- I'm older and got a bit tired reading this string -- but the photo of the early gauge cluster back, sent by you (jp02ti), I believe, shows markings in the upper right corner of the photo that appear to read "89/2 VDO 12V." One, could this be a repair part dating to February 1989, or is "89/2" simply not a date mark? Two, could a replacement speedometer head date to September 1989 ("89 9"), or is 6 68 simply not a date mark? As Jim (jgerock) already pointed out, maybe 6 68 is not the date; maybe his cluster's date marks are those stamped in ink. We like dates; perhaps we try too hard to see them in every marking.

Steve

Interesting comments. The blue markings on the inside of the Roundie taillights have been one thing I look at when inspecting cars ("yes, I'm looking at your roundies"). No telling how many cars have been mixed and matched over the years.

[TobyB]

One thing we might all not be thinking of-

could it be a 'correction' speedo for use with bigger tires???

heh

t

[stone02]

Hi,

well i have gotten lazy lately about

replies but this one needs a comment.

for all the cars that i have disassembled,

on cars that had speedo's that i felt

were working and not a replacement,

the INK mark, either in a triangle or

not, was the closest matching to the

date of the build of the car.

BUT the three separate components

of the cluster never all have the same

stamp date. some were all within four

months of each other.

Also i have seen where the back support

for a speedo was clearly changed but

not for a obvious reason.

Finally, i have seen and done changes for

owners who just want a speedo and not

a "correct" unit installed. i have a box

full of good speedo's of all types from

1968 thru 76 and they are interchangeable

but again not the same.

also, i am unsure because i don't

purport to be a expert, that the revolutions are

correct or not, that the automatics in the

early days may also not be excluded from

this discussion.

blah blah blah.

stone

[bnam]

Sorry for hijack...

Stone -- is there a way I could get in touch with you? (really wish this forum had PM enabled).