Speedometer cable routing
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Speedometer cable routing
Last year someone posted a picture with the proper speedometer cable routing... I searched the archives and could not find it..
I'd like to correct mine as now it has a cable tie to the parking brake pully...
Thanks,
Capt Roy
I'd like to correct mine as now it has a cable tie to the parking brake pully...
Thanks,
Capt Roy
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From: Olustee Florida
Not to steal this thread but I used a 90 degree adapter (the kind with a steel lined cable with a metal brace) and it makes my cable too long. It hung out under the car. I am hoping that the one with a gear will take care of that problem.
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I would like to see this too, and I would like to know the correct cable length (for a 66 4 speed).
I recently bought a replacement from LIC and is was about a foot longer than the one it replaced. This new one touches my exhaust pipe and the speedo needle bounces at speeds below 40.
Is it too long? How should it be tethered to keep it away from the hot exhaust?
I recently bought a replacement from LIC and is was about a foot longer than the one it replaced. This new one touches my exhaust pipe and the speedo needle bounces at speeds below 40.
Is it too long? How should it be tethered to keep it away from the hot exhaust?
Burning Brakes
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If length is critical and difficult to find, or you want an adaptor, I have had great service from United Speedometer Service in Riverside, CA.
They will make a cable of any length you order, and adaptors that will correct speedometer errors.
They will make a cable of any length you order, and adaptors that will correct speedometer errors.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Harvard MA
Using the one clip mounted on inside the tunnel on my 66 to locate the cable under the car, my new replacement still loops close enough to the right exhaust pipe to touch it. Is my cable too long maybe, or is there something else I should be doing to keep it away from the hot exhaust pipe?
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Looks like two pretty acute bends.
The M-20 speedometer connection is on the right (passenger) side of the transmission and the firewall grommet is located to the left of the centerline.
That would give the impression of enough space to route the cable with gentle curves.
However, mine blew out at 10K miles. I would like to avoid this in the future, even if I must use two or three 90 degree adaptors and short runs of cable.
That would give the impression of enough space to route the cable with gentle curves.
However, mine blew out at 10K miles. I would like to avoid this in the future, even if I must use two or three 90 degree adaptors and short runs of cable.
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J clip on driver side and drive on passenger??
Maybe better on this thread
I know this is an old thread, and that the speedo drive is supposed to be on the passenger side for this car, but what is confusing me is that the J clip in the transmission tunnel is on the driver side. Does that make sense (means the cable would have to wrap over the transmission after the retaining clip?
As usual I am sorry if this has been answered before but I could not find it in searches.
Thanks in advance for the advice if you can enlighten me
I know this is an old thread, and that the speedo drive is supposed to be on the passenger side for this car, but what is confusing me is that the J clip in the transmission tunnel is on the driver side. Does that make sense (means the cable would have to wrap over the transmission after the retaining clip?
As usual I am sorry if this has been answered before but I could not find it in searches.
Thanks in advance for the advice if you can enlighten me
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Maybe better on this thread
I know this is an old thread, and that the speedo drive is supposed to be on the passenger side for this car, but what is confusing me is that the J clip in the transmission tunnel is on the driver side. Does that make sense (means the cable would have to wrap over the transmission after the retaining clip?
As usual I am sorry if this has been answered before but I could not find it in searches.
Thanks in advance for the advice if you can enlighten me
I know this is an old thread, and that the speedo drive is supposed to be on the passenger side for this car, but what is confusing me is that the J clip in the transmission tunnel is on the driver side. Does that make sense (means the cable would have to wrap over the transmission after the retaining clip?
As usual I am sorry if this has been answered before but I could not find it in searches.
Thanks in advance for the advice if you can enlighten me
Randy
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Maybe better on this thread
I know this is an old thread, and that the speedo drive is supposed to be on the passenger side for this car, but what is confusing me is that the J clip in the transmission tunnel is on the driver side. Does that make sense (means the cable would have to wrap over the transmission after the retaining clip?
As usual I am sorry if this has been answered before but I could not find it in searches.
Thanks in advance for the advice if you can enlighten me
I know this is an old thread, and that the speedo drive is supposed to be on the passenger side for this car, but what is confusing me is that the J clip in the transmission tunnel is on the driver side. Does that make sense (means the cable would have to wrap over the transmission after the retaining clip?
As usual I am sorry if this has been answered before but I could not find it in searches.
Thanks in advance for the advice if you can enlighten me
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