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 Posted: 06-28-2020 07:19 am
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discogodfather



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 I recently pulled the cable on my 73 with a getrag 235/5speed. Everything was working fine. I pulled the cable apart and lubed it and then reinstalled. Put some heat sheething around some areas where it was touching the exhaust.

The getrag 5 speed cable simply enters the housing on the side and has a bolt that runs 90 degrees to the cable end and cinches in down. Seems like all connections are 100%

The odometer works but the speed doesn't. I took the gauge out again, pulled the metal housing, and looked at the internals. Everything looks good, no dirt, cleaned it anyway. If I agitated the speed by hand, meaning turning the input shaft, the speedo needle seems to tick a bit. The little plastic gears all look good. This is the Smiths gauge, nothing aftermarket.

Can I assume the cable connected to the tranny is good and spinning because the odo is working, and that the problem is somehow in the gauge?