Gilly, I am sorry I wasn't more clear on this. When I reinstalled the transmission the other day, I only had to connect the 4-prong clamp (large, round with locking ring) and the cylindrical plug that clamped by means of one outside, small bolt in the tailshaft. The kick-down cable is more toward the front and locks in place by clip on the inside of the transmission. I drove the car to the mechanic to check on the adjustment of the valves (they did the valve job). When I left, I no longer had a speedometer nor odometer reading. We did not look at anything on the speedometer while checking the valves. I suppose it is just coincidental that the instrument quit functioning. The cable looks like an inductive pickup (no gears or exposed connection other than simply sliding into the socket in the transmission.)It did work on the way to the shop.