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i have an el ghia v8 with 3.45 ratio in the diff. my speedo was fluctuating a little so i decided 2 change the plastic gear in the tranny. ford told me i should use a black 23 teeth one but the one i pulled out was white with 19 teeth. then i spoke to another bloke at ford and he said that i need a 20 or 21 tooth. what do i do?
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If it was accurate and worked fine before it started fluctuating then get the same as what you had in there. It wouldn't be the first time dealers were talking out of their A**e.
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if you changed the diff ratio, i'd change the gear to a different spec, but if the diff hasn't been changed i'd put teh same back in it.
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Is this of any help??? There is a calculator part way down.
http://www.fordmods.com/phpBB2/documents.php?doc=30
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| Leroy |
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hey Paul we're not all that bad ya know.
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{USERNAME} wrote: hey Paul we're not all that bad ya know.
Like everything else in this world it only takes a few to spoil the reputation of others but alas it does happen and too often, never mind. And I am smiling so please don't take offence. |
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I don't know if it will work for you, but with my last car an EL XR8 ex-police, I found by accident that when I pushed the trip meter reset buton for up to 3 minutes (sometimes less?) that I could calibrate the speedo up to 16% either way.
It worked on a mates EF fairmont V8 also. To calibrate properly it is wise to use a dyno, as by just relying on tooth #'s isn't that accurate. hope it works for ya, kenny
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{USERNAME} wrote: I don't know if it will work for you, but with my last car an EL XR8 ex-police, I found by accident that when I pushed the trip meter reset buton for up to 3 minutes (sometimes less?) that I could calibrate the speedo up to 16% either way.
It worked on a mates EF fairmont V8 also. To calibrate properly it is wise to use a dyno, as by just relying on tooth #'s isn't that accurate. hope it works for ya, kenny Only the cop clusters had that feature, my EF had the cop cluster aswell, very handy feature to have. |
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| Leroy |
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i would of said you would need something like 22 teeth. Is it the original box? 19 tooth gear was never an option for EF-EL.
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