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Originally Posted by gavin_leslie
Thats right...its not gonna fit. Manual tranny is set up for a square shank for the speedo cable and the one out of the auto is a long rectangle. Awesome.
I suppose the "solution" to this is to get the speedo cable from the donor car as well if you happen to have a car that comes with the rectangular male end on the cable....but thats not what I did. I busted out the dremmel again and started grinding away at the speedo cable(which isnt easy as it spins).
The square fitting in the transmission is made of plastic. Its width is also thicker than the speedo shafts rectangle so I couldnt just grind down the rectangle to make a square. It wouldnt fit as it would be too small(or wouldnt fit for long until it wore out a larger hole and started spinning. What I did was grind the ends of the rectangle to a 45deg point. and then inserted it on the diagonal of the square. That provided a lot more meat to hold onto and made things more secure.
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I too had a similar problem I went to autohauz az and I think I have found a solution. In my case my 85 had a square end on both sides of the cable and a slotted end on the 78 transmission. I was able to find the correct one and it is sitting on my desk at home. I will let you know how it works out for me. Total cost was $20ish.
I should add here that I called them and they told me to put instruction in the shipping for the order regarding my specific needs. It sounds to me that you need an 85 cable. Either way I just specified what I needed and the shipping guys will verify it before reshipping from their other warehouses.
12-21-2007, 10:00 AM
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