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Looking under the gauges from the center of the car. Grab hold of the cable back by the firewall with your right hand. Get a long thin screwdriver, and with the other hand, look up to the back of the cluster, and press in the pin. Gently pull on the cable at the same time. To re-install, do it the same way. Just guide the tip of the cable to the plate at the back of the speedo. The cable is stiff enough to snap it in. Forget about access from the top. My method takes 30 seconds to do after the 1st time. Doug --- "Raj R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, The speedo in my chevelle quit all of a > sudden (no noises or anything... just looked down to > find it not moving.. same with my odometer) so I > figured the cable had broken.. I have a cruisemaster > cruise control box in the car from the factory > (though it isn't hooked up to any vacuum lines...) > so I have two speedo cables.. One goes from the > transmission to the cruise box via a speedo gear > reduction box (I guess I have a funky combination of > transmission and tire size??), and the other goes > from the cruise box to the speedo.. Well, of all the > cables it appears that the speedo to the cruise box > cable is siezed.. Unless its really togh to turn a > cable while its plumbed into the speedo I think > somethings broken/stuck/etc... Well, reaching around > back under the dash (since the top part of my dash > is so darn jam packed with defroster tubing and > wires and junk) it seems as though the speedo cable > isn't a regular twist-lock.. It appears to be a > plate with two screws in it?? It's really tough to > get my hand all the way back there to be honest.. > But, from the cruise box I can't turn the inside > cable.. I figure that means something is seized, > though I don't want to be pulling the dash out.. > Been there, done that.. Can anyone tell me if the > speedo cable is screwed into the speedo or just > twist-locked on there like it is at the > transmission.. I'll be hating life if I have to yank > my entire dash cluster to fix a busted cable.. I > might as well put in my floor-shiter speedo without > the gear indicator if I have to go that route.. > > sigh. > > Thanks for any help you can send my way.. For some > reason I can't find my SS Resto book otherwise I'd > just check in there.. > > Raj > 71 Chevelle SS.. would love to sell it and get > something else but I'm in far too much to make it > worthwhile.. > 67 Barracuda.. my beater.. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
