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Doug Thanx for the tip. I've tried everything, including sliding a piece of 5/8" heater hose up the cable to push on the tab. That didn't work for me. rick On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 09:24:19 -0700 (PDT) gnomezone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
