The good and the bad news, Chicago region concours Options

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Decided to drive down to Elkhart lake with a couple of friends for the PCA Chicago Region concours. Great day of driving and showing.....except for the rain in the way down....and my odo crapping out.

Good news, The judges saw fit to give the '73 the Best in show award.







The bad news is that my odo crapped out on the way home. Started squealing terribly and the speedometer started bouncing. Was still turning over the miles on the odo at first but I had to keep driving and after obnoxious squealing for about 25 miles the squealing (mostly) stopped, the speedometer stopped (mostly) bouncing but still works but the odor stopped turning over. So.....whats your diagnosis? Likely as simple as a cable or do I have an inoperative Speedo/odo unit now. Will post a video if it will load in the next post as it won't fit here. Thanks for the help.

[FlacaProductions]

Steve - removing the speedo is easy.
You can remove the steering wheel if you feel it gives you extra room to work but it is certainly not necessary.
You may want to lay a towel across the top of the steering column just to keep things tidy.
Reach in with both hands and get your finger nails under the edge of the speedo and just pull. Maybe rock back and forth a bit and it'll start to pull out.
After it comes out, tuck the towel into the hole while the speedo hangs on the wires and the cable. If you need extra room to get in there, reach under the dash and give a little tug on the speedo cable down there.
Back behind the speedo, disconnect the 4 wires (two lighting, the parking light and the ground) as well as just pull out the odometer reset cable. Then get your fingers on the collar of the speedo cable itself and spin it off.

That's it. While it's out, I might drip a little penetrating oil down the cable.