[DeTomaso] Speedo cable question

Christopher Kimball chrisvkimball at msn.com
Wed Sep 4 12:32:21 EDT 2013


Of course!  That's got to be it...:)

> From: larry at ohiotimecorp.com
> To: chrisvkimball at msn.com; cengles at cox.net; detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Speedo cable question
> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 12:02:02 -0400
> 
> Chris,
> 
> 
> Perhaps you remember it down at the bottom when it went all the way around?
> 
> 
> Larry (bottom feeder) - Cleveland
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at poca.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf
> Of Christopher Kimball
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 11:48 AM
> To: cengles at cox.net; Pantera list serve
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Speedo cable question
> 
> Thanks for the replies.  I'll have to take a look for that pin--I seem to
> remember the needle going all the way down before I played with the
> transmission-end of the cable yesterday.  I have a cruise control module,
> and the square pin slipped a bit out of position and extended too far into
> the module to make it work correctly.  I shortened the pin and flattened out
> the middle a bit so the little "stop" wouldn't let the pin slide into the
> module again.  
> I'll report back once I get home from work and check it out.
> Thanks again!
> Chris
> 
> > Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 15:28:47 +0000
> > From: cengles at cox.net
> > To: chrisvkimball at msn.com
> > Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Speedo cable question
> > 
> > Dear Chris:  Both of my Panteras' speedos "park" at 10 mph.  Fret not. 
> > It is normal.    Chuck Engles
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Christopher Kimball wrote:
> > 
> > > It's been a while since I replaced my speedo cable and as of a few 
> > > days ago, it comes to rest at the ten mile-per-hour mark instead of 
> > > zero.  Other than that it seems OK, but I'm wondering if the grease 
> > > inside the cable sheath may be hardening, and if I should squirt some 
> > > penetrating oil down inside the sheath to loosen things up a bit.
> > >
> > > I don't want to use we-40 because I'm not convinced it will last very 
> > > long in that environment.
> > >
> > > What do you all think?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
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