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Old 09-12-2010, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by t walgamuth View Post
I am thinking of putting my five speed manual setup in my 85 sd. I seem to remember that the 85s have some sort of electronic speedo. I am wondering if I can put in a 123 speedo into the cluster and simply hook up my cable from the tranny to the speedo?

I would check the sizes, I think the 126 speedo is flattened off at the bottom to fit in the cluster. Not sure if the 126 is larger diameter or the cluster itself is shorter. If you chage the face it appears the rest is the same, or maybe you can slice the bottom of the w123 speedo
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