My hand was way to big to come from the bottom to unscrew the speedometer cable, so I followed the cable through the firewall, under the car to the transmission and simply unscrewed it there, giving me ample room to pull the cluster out farther, then I unscrewed it from the back of the cluster. Seems like I needed an extension bar and a socket to remove it from the transmission end. It saved the day for me.

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1999 E300 TD
1999 E300 TD, WVO conversion
2007 Jaguar XJ8
1993 190E 2.3, Limited Edition, 239,000 miles (sold)
1991 300 SL (sold)
1977 MGB
1969 TR6
1980 TR8
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