Broke my ZF Transaxle speedo drive.

Lachlan Chapman chapmans at ihug.co.nz
Thu Mar 21 19:49:57 GMT 2002


Off topic, but
What are your thoughts on what the late Todd Wilkes did to his Giocattolo
before the accident?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Con Torrisi" <mini at bretts.com.au>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>; <jakse at dingoblue.net.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: Broke my ZF Transaxle speedo drive.


> Erhh... yes I am actually.  Ahhhaaa I see you have an aussie email address
> so you know the cars.
>
> Mine is Number 9.
>
> Con
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "john" <jakse at dingoblue.net.au>
> To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Broke my ZF Transaxle speedo drive.
>
>
> > con, are you talking about a giocattolo?
> >
> > j
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Con Torrisi" <mini at bretts.com.au>
> > To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 8:28 AM
> > Subject: Broke my ZF Transaxle speedo drive.
> >
> >
> > > I have a rare car built in Australia based on the similar engineering
to
> > the
> > > Detomaso Panteras in the 70's. It has a ZF 5-DS-25-2 transaxle with a
5
> > > litre efi V8.
> > >
> > > I've broken the speedo drive in the gearbox and I was wondering if any
> of
> > > you guys knew of a source of parts, new or second hand where I could
get
> a
> > > replacement. ZF stuff is very rare here.
> > >
> > > (EFI CONTENT) The speedo cable has an integrated speed sensor which
> feeds
> > > into the ECU. When the drive broke the ECU fault warning light came
on.
> At
> > > this stage I'm assuming the problem is the speed sensor. Is the speed
> > sensor
> > > usually only used for lean cruise on the highway? I can't give any
other
> > > details about the ECU at this stage because the car is 6 feet off the
> > ground
> > > on a hoist at the shop getting the transaxle dissassembled to remove
the
> > > broken drive.
> > >
> > > Any help greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Con Torrisi
> > >
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