[DeTomaso] speedometer cable

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Maximize the radius of the bends i.e. make them as straight or un-tight as possible. But I'm sure that's what you meant Mike... ;-)

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <justingreisberg at hotmail.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] speedometer cable


> In a message dated 1/5/09 3 34 11, justingreisberg at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> 
>> can anyone tell me where the speedo cable is routed? I have had my car 
>> apart for so long that I dont remember, and it is not so obvious. I assume it 
>> comes off the back of the speedo and then curves around to run along the 
>> driver side of the coolant tube tunnel, but then where? 
>> 
> 
> No, not quite.   It ducks down under the center of the car and is held to the 
> chassis crossmember with a flimsy sheetmetal clip that is bent to secure it; 
> it then goes under the oil pan, and then alongside the shift linkage, through 
> a parallel hole and into the cabin.   It then runs alongside the left side of 
> the center tunnel, underneath the center console, in the general neighborhood 
> of the throttle cable, passes the throttle pedal and at the front of the cabin 
> makes a left turn and heads outboard, then curves up and into the back of the 
> gauge.
> 
> It is critically important to minimize the radius of the bends in the cable.  
> Sometimes people make the mistake of routing the cable such that it makes a 
> sharp bend entering the back of the gauge, or exiting the gearbox.   Such 
> cables are never long-lived....
> 
> Mike
> 
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