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Posted by: vertigo Jul 11 2005, 08:40 PM

Was trying to remove the speedometer from my '73 today, but when temp reaced 103 I gave up. Is there a trick to doing this? I have removed the 6 screws holding cluster in, but cluster only comes forward about 2 inches. I cannot seem to reach from behind to disconnect drive cable or odo reset. Am I mising something? I am doing this to take a look at the odo drive gears. All works fine in the morning, but in afternoon odo does not work. Thanks in advance.

Posted by: bd1308 Jul 11 2005, 08:43 PM

okay....take a sharp knife and get between the rubber and the metal.....seerate and pull the speedo....hold it out and undo the connections...the cable unscrews and the reset pulls out

take it inside and clean off the gears...put some dielectric grease in them....

Posted by: bondo Jul 11 2005, 08:45 PM

Sounds like your speedo cable is too far to the rear. See if you can push some slack forward (from under the car). You should be able to pull the speedo out more than that.

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 11 2005, 09:11 PM

the speedo (as all other gauges) should just slide out the front with some pressure from behind. it's just held in by the rubber ring around it.

see if you can free up the speedo cable a bit under the dash to give you more slack ...
Andy

Posted by: ArtechnikA Jul 12 2005, 04:52 AM

pop out the tach, reach through the hole, disconnect the speedo cable and the trip speedo reset cable.

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Jul 12 2005, 11:43 AM

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pop out the tach, reach through the hole, disconnect the speedo cable and the trip speedo reset cable.

Jeff

Posted by: jfort Jul 12 2005, 11:56 AM

the trip odometer cable detaches under the dash. set screw holds on the knob. then take the nut off the threaded shaft around the cable itself.

Posted by: ArtechnikA Jul 12 2005, 12:10 PM

QUOTE (jfort @ Jul 12 2005, 01:56 PM)
the trip odometer cable detaches under the dash. set screw holds on the knob.

that's one way.

the other way is to pull the connection from the back of the speedo*. it's usually in there pretty snug, especially if it hasn't been removed in 35 years, but i'd usually rather deal with that than removing the knob at the other end.
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*do not pull on the cable; gently pry the connector flange away from the back of the instrument.