Mark,
The original speedo cable had a plastic outer sheath that was prone to
quick wear. If yours his a steel core, with a plastic outer jacket you
are better off. If you are having trouble re-inserting the inner core,
check to see that the routing of the cable housing is smooth curves.
That may be your problem. either a plastic inner sheath or a badly
routed cable with too sharp a radius.
Yes, the transmission connection is available from inside the car. You
must peel back the driver side transmission tunnel carpet, near the
shift lever end, and remove the screw and access plate. You will see
the speedo cable and the securing nut going into the tranny. This is
much easier to remove than re-install, unless you have really small
fingers, are very patient and dexterous, or know the "trick".
Remove the retaining bolt/washer and don't loose it. Remove cable and
attached gear from tranny. Note holding plate It is shaped like the
number 8" with a smaller hole for the bolt and a large one surrounding
the cable to hold it in. Here comes the harder visualization effort.
You are either going to struggle getting that bolt back into the thread
(or be very lucky), or you can perform some trick "surgery".
The idea is to remove the holding plate by cutting the ring wall in two
places to remove a half section. This section will be the full diameter
of the inner hole. This allows the hole to be slipped off the cable end
groove it is normally in. Where to cut is very important, because the
idea is to place this "hook" and hole piece on the transmission before
you install the cable, when you have lots of room. The cut cable end now
looks like a "C" and is positioned at an angle up to allow the cable end
to fit in the hole. It is held in this position by a light snugging of
the attach bolt. Once the cable end has been re-inserted into the
tranny, the holding bolt is loosened, and the "C" cut end falls down
into it's original cable groove. Then the bolt is tightened and you're
done.
The cut into that ring must be made across the full diameter, so it can
be removed. The ends of this "C" half circle must be lightly filed to
round off the sharp corners left by cutting. The correct place to cut
the ring is where the opened end will rotate around the holding bolt
swing center and drop right into the cable slot. I think you will find
that a scribed line through the centers of the two holes is the correct
place to cut the cable ring.
Let us know haw that works for you.
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