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Re: speedo cable transmission mount

To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: speedo cable transmission mount
From: dtn <noji@mail.ahc.umn.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 17:09:32 -0500
>
>BUT, when i was detaching the connection just off the transmission, i 
>noted that it SWIVELED. normally, stuff doesn't swivel on cars, right? at 
>least, not when they're driven off the transmission. perhaps not 
>coincidentally, when i removed the old cable, a small metal cylinder, 
>dangerously resembling a part of a bearing race assembly, fell to the 
>ground.
>
>clink.
>
>as you might expect, the speedo still doesn't work, despite properly 
>mating both ends of the cable to their keyed connections. 

Jim,

One of the problems with my 5 speed transmission was that a clip that holds
the gear on the main shaft fell off.  On a five speed transmission you can
pull out the plastic gear to determine if this has happened.

Dana


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