[DeTomaso] Darn speedo cable

[Rob Dumoulin]

It is doable, but not fun. Rather than waste much more time, undo the 4
bolts holding your steering column in place and lower the column. From the
access point, you can get to the two thumb-nuts (that's Thumb, not Numb)
holding the speedo to the bracket that keeps the speed in place. Thread up
the trip reset cable and pull the speedo out a bit. You should be able to
get to the back of the speedo and screw it in.

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:36 PM, CharlesMcCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I'm still trying to change my speedometer cable, and I've spent literally 4
> hours trying to simply connect the cable end to the speedometer with no
> luck.
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> My wife spent an hour, with no luck either.
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> The speedo cable has a ring, threaded on the inside, that should screw onto
> a hollow tube that is threaded on the outside. The cable goes through this
> tube to mesh up with the speedo gears.
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> I have the cable properly meshed with the speedo gears, as spinning the
> other end of the cable with my fingers makes the speedometer move. But I
> can't for the life of me get the ring to thread onto the hollow tube. It
> would appear that this tube, which is connected to the backside of the
> speedometer, is also turning freely?
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> This should be the world's simplest job, and I did it many moons ago in my
> old '72 and think it took about an hour. I can't for the life of me get the
> darn ring to screw onto the back of the speedometer.
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> Anyone had any similar problems? Any tricks of the trade? Is it possible
> that the threaded tube on the back of the speedometer can rotate?
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> Thanks all!
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