We bought my wife's 81 300D 3 years ago with a non-functioning speedometer. The PO told us it worked for his wife until a severely cold morning, and quit working when she took off for work one morning. I bought a new cable, and finally installed it last winter, and it's worked great until a few weeks ago. On another frigid morning, my wife went somewhere, and the speedo\odo is not functioning again, so I'm readying myself to install a new cable. Here's my question...
Last time I installed the new cable, I noticed there was a rubber boot "cup" that installs over the connection at the tranny. I surmised that the boot got water in it, froze solid and the cable broke when the car started to move, with the ice filled tranny rubber being the culprit. Is there anyone who has figured out how to stop this freezing of trapped water (or whatever it is) at that point? Would drilling weep holes in the boot help\hurt? Would leaving the boot off altogether be a bad idea? Or is there some sort of non freezing substance that I could fill it with? Thanks for any suggestions. I don't want to have to replace a $47 cable every year when the temps get cold.

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1951 Chevy 3100

2003 Indian Chief Roadmaster

1983 GMC 1 ton Dually

1982 Chevy 1 ton Dually, service body (sold)

'90 GMC Suburban 6.2 "SS Veg-Burban"
(single tank WVO\diesel conversion) SOLD

'81 300D ~ Mama's car...my job (now my car)(but still my job) SOLD

'83 300sd ~ rescue car SOLD

2005 Ford Taurus (Mama's new car)(NOT my job!)