Hey guys,
18 years ago, my grandfather passed away and left me with his fully restored 1931 Standard Coupe and that same year it stopped running. I was 14 at the time and didn't know alot about it or how to get it running but am not the type to let something like that out of my hands and have kept in in a garage the whole time.
After several small repairs (carb adjustments, rebuilt the water pump, new throttle springs etc.) it started on the first try after 18 years of sitting in my garage and now runs fairly well.
Had to give you the context on the fact that I am a serious but motivated rookie.
On to my question -> Since 1979 my car has seen a total of 277 miles. 40 of which have been put on it in the last 3 weeks. Initially the speedometer worked great. Each weekend I am getting a progressively louder noise coming from the speedometer. This sunday, the speedometer started randomly going up and down like it disengaged or something.
The noise is a high pitch grinding noise and I am not sure if the speedometer gears are broken, if the cable needs to be lubricated or if there is some other issue. The noise has also become louder than the engine noise. Regardless, I've stopped driving it out of fear that I will break something.
I've read alot of forums but none seem to address this issue. Any thoughts?
-Thanks for your help,
Auernig
18 years ago, my grandfather passed away and left me with his fully restored 1931 Standard Coupe and that same year it stopped running. I was 14 at the time and didn't know alot about it or how to get it running but am not the type to let something like that out of my hands and have kept in in a garage the whole time.
After several small repairs (carb adjustments, rebuilt the water pump, new throttle springs etc.) it started on the first try after 18 years of sitting in my garage and now runs fairly well.
Had to give you the context on the fact that I am a serious but motivated rookie.
On to my question -> Since 1979 my car has seen a total of 277 miles. 40 of which have been put on it in the last 3 weeks. Initially the speedometer worked great. Each weekend I am getting a progressively louder noise coming from the speedometer. This sunday, the speedometer started randomly going up and down like it disengaged or something.
The noise is a high pitch grinding noise and I am not sure if the speedometer gears are broken, if the cable needs to be lubricated or if there is some other issue. The noise has also become louder than the engine noise. Regardless, I've stopped driving it out of fear that I will break something.
I've read alot of forums but none seem to address this issue. Any thoughts?
-Thanks for your help,
Auernig
