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   ocr: SPEEDOMETER CAR SPEEDOMETER uses - - gears to produce DIAL. A an enormous speed reduction. The - pointer registers the car'ss speed on a dial. It is driven by a transmission POINTER shaft that spins 3,000 times every mile. A. long cable links the shaft SPRING to the pointer, but does not turn itd directly. Instead, it turns a magnet which pulls the pointer against the resistance ofaspring. WORM GEAR CABLE REDUCTION - - - - - - GEAR- La F - DRAG ODOMETER CUP MAGNET ODOMETER - SSR 2 DRIVE 4 SPEEDOMEIER TRANSMISSION CABLE- - - - - SHAFT - E - - ENGINE -