When I got my 2000 the speedo was inop (and still is, but that's another story)
the plastic gear on the insert at the transmission was stripped. The PO had
knackered the retaining bolt trying to get it off, so he installed a
Sparkomatic trip computer thingy....what a nightmare.
jim moore
dtn wrote:
> >
> >BUT, when i was detaching the connection just off the transmission, i
> >noted that it SWIVELED. normally, stuff doesn't swivel on cars, right? at
> >least, not when they're driven off the transmission. perhaps not
> >coincidentally, when i removed the old cable, a small metal cylinder,
> >dangerously resembling a part of a bearing race assembly, fell to the
> >ground.
> >
> >clink.
> >
> >as you might expect, the speedo still doesn't work, despite properly
> >mating both ends of the cable to their keyed connections.
>
> Jim,
>
> One of the problems with my 5 speed transmission was that a clip that holds
> the gear on the main shaft fell off. On a five speed transmission you can
> pull out the plastic gear to determine if this has happened.
>
> Dana
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