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Speedometer Cable?
Anybody who's done a T5 swap, what are you using for a speedometer cable? Is there an off the shelf solution?
I've got an '83 S10 T5 and a stock '64 C10 speedometer. The old cable is too short, obviously, so I tried replacing it with an '83 S10 and '79 C10 cable. Both of them were long enough and fit the transmission, but they didn't have a collar for the speedometer end. It was like they were just supposed to push in and stay put, but they fit like there was supposed to be a collar (make sense?). Am I missing something? Did I get incomplete cables? Is that how they're supposed to work? I saw something on this board about using a same year 4x4 or big truck cable, but I seem to recall the transmission end of the older cable being a different size than the T5's. Last edited by cptstickfigure; 06-20-2006 at 10:35 AM. |
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Re: Speedometer Cable?
73'ish on up used a snap-in connector on the back of the speedometer, so they won't work. The 4x4 cable for up to a 72 should fit both ends and be long enough. Most parts stores can look up universal cables by length.
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Re: Speedometer Cable?
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You know, it's getting to where my truck has more '72 in it than '64. |
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Re: Speedometer Cable?
I'm no stranger to parts mixing. Down here, we just call that a truck jambalaya.
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Re: Speedometer Cable?
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![]() I tried that 4x4 cable last night. Works like a charm. |
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