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Subject:shaky speedo needle
Date:Wed, 3 Jul 2019 14:49:53 +0000

Hi all.  Wife and I have been on the road for a couple of months now.  From MA we have been baked by the plains states, Snowed on at Sand Dunes NP and Mesa Verde (6 inches there).  Baked again in Mesa AZ and Bluff, UT.  Cooled off at Grand Canyon North Rim. and back to the furnace in Zion.  Pine Lake Campground above Bryce Canyon @ 8000 ft. was nice and we needed the small A/C we brought along in Moab.  We knew it would be hot there so went for the KOA to get the shore power.  We are now at Granby, close to Winter Park, checking out the Rockies and have internet service at the timeshare exchange.  The Grand Circle completed, we have a few weeks to get home.  The Black Hills are on the agenda as well as the swing around the Great Lakes on the way home.The bus (87 Westy w/ FAS inline) has been doing well.  Had to replace the muffler flex pipe in Dillon, OH, and other than a few little "quirks" (like cutting in and out after 6 to 8 hour drives) all has been well.  Been on a lot of dirt, sometimes rough, roads to get to the really interesting places (Mogi Dugway, Zapata Falls, etc.).  Really glad I got suspension upgrades (including new spring perches) from Dennis Haynes before trip, the old suspension would never have made it.  Problem now is a shaky speedo needle.  Any easy checks to see if it is one of the cables or the speedo?  I brought tools, lube spray and spare bits, but no electric drill.  Any thoughts would be helpful.  Couple more days and then no internet again, so probably not able to tell you how it went till much later.
Dave B.

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