[DeTomaso] Darn speedo cable

[Thomas Tornblom]

The cable end should slide onto a piece of the speedo, about 1 cm, which 
guides the cable so that it should not be a problem threading the ring 
onto the speedo. Verify that the cable is properly attached to the 
speedo, and doesn't flop around before trying to get the threads to engage.

I've done it several times, without having to drop the steering column 
or remove the speedo, and my hands are fairly large.

I tried to find a photo of the speedo, but I'm not at home and I have 
only a fraction of my photos on the MacBook.

Good luck,
Thomas


CharlesMcCall skrev 2011-07-25 20.36:
> 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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