Tom Scordato wrote:
1977 300D, 123 chassis
Spent the last 4 hours trying to remove the speedo cable where it stabs into
the tranny off take. The cross wise hold down bolt is loose all the way.
Car was up on pule up ramps and my big foot style body had trouble fitting
in the work area.
Prob
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From: "Tom Scordato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo no a go go
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:49:16 -0500
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1977 300D, 123 chassis
Spent the last 4 hours trying to remove the speedo cable where it stabs into
the tranny off take. The cross wise hold down bolt is loose all the way.
Car was up on pule up ramps and my big foot style body had trouble fitting
in the work area.
Problem was the speed o c
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:26:51 -0600 Fmiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My experience is that a cable will make noise or cause the speedometer
> to jump a _lot_ before it quits altgether.
>
> So I'd check both end and make sure it didn't just become disconnected.
I had a Dodge Dart in Colorado wh
In a message dated 11/25/2005 7:57:45 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
car is a 1977 300D. Been about 50k miles a little over a year since I
changed out speedo cable.
Got in car this morn and going down road noticed nothing happened. No
speed, no trip odometer
Symptoms seem to indicate speedo cable. Do they only last 50k miles.
Last
time I did the cable I had the odometer sent off to have serviced. Any
thoughts please.
Cable _could_ have snapped, but shouldn't have. If it were routed wrong
the life could have been dramatically shortened. If the
rumor has it that Tom wrote:
> car is a 1977 300D. Been about 50k miles a little over a year since I
> changed out speedo cable.
>
> Got in car this morn and going down road noticed nothing happened. No
> speed, no trip odometer (tried zeroing in) movement, no main mileage
> odometer movemen
Happy Thanksgiving
car is a 1977 300D. Been about 50k miles a little over a year since I
changed out speedo cable.
Got in car this morn and going down road noticed nothing happened. No
speed, no trip odometer (tried zeroing in) movement, no main mileage
odometer movement. This was right a
