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Jvanner Offline
#1 Posted : Sunday, 8 March 2009 8:39:44 AM(UTC)
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driving my HJ van. 253 trimatic. i got the wife to drive at 100 and my speedo reads 110, it has standard GTS rims and 205/70/14 tyres. any thought on what colour speedo drive i should look for to correct this. thanks guys.......... Jamie
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#2 Posted : Sunday, 8 March 2009 8:52:37 AM(UTC)
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Will need your diff ratio as well.
Also, the colour of the speedo drive (big) gear inside your extension housing. (Usually white)
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#3 Posted : Sunday, 8 March 2009 9:17:21 PM(UTC)
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Its easy to calculate.

Holden speedo driven gears all have around 20 teeth. This means that by increasing or decreasing by one tooth equates to about a 5% change.

Simply check what gear you have not & increase it by two teeth. For example, if its a
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#4 Posted : Sunday, 8 March 2009 9:57:38 PM(UTC)
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Have a look on this page http://codes.oldholden.com/Speedo/index.html may give you a guide on what gears to use.

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#5 Posted : Sunday, 8 March 2009 10:08:37 PM(UTC)
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Jvanner, something else to take into consideration is your tyre size. If you are likely to keep the same size tyres on, then no worries. If you are likely to change to different tyres in the near future, wait until this is done before changing speedo driv
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