[DeTomaso] Techno question: (second dumb question of the year) Speedo cable

[Rob Dumoulin]

Find somebody with smaller hands?  Hey, I'm King of the obvious.

It is rather easy to detach the cable.  Just run your hand up the cable from
under the dash until you get to the base and start twisting.  It is much
harder to get it back in once you get it out.

Mine made a noise while on the road about 9 months ago. Any time I went over
40 MPH, there was a ticking and the speedo would jump around.  I had it
unscrewed from the driver's seat a minute after I pulled over.  I think it
was Asa who suggested the motor oil trick and funnel, but I had to hook a
drill to the other end to work the oil in. Well, it worked like a champ and
saved me from buying another speedo or cable....at least for now

Rob (no longer has to compute speed by the tach) DuMoulin

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

> Dear Forum,
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>                  The speedo quit about the time I heard a funny noise.  I
> suspect that was the last of the speedo cable.
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>                   It looks like I need to disconnect the cable from the
> speedometer to do the job.  The problem is  that my big hands don't seem to
> fit back there to unscrew the connection.   It looks like Plan B might be
> to
> unscrew the three (?) screws that hold the speedo unit in the dash and pull
> it forward, which would then provide access to the rear of the unit and
> permit the cable's removal, but that also runs into the big hands and small
> space issue.
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>               Any practical advice for this dumb, but awkward task?
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>                               Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
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