[DeTomaso] Speedometer cable frayed

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/1/08 1:11:59 PM, tbaranek at earthlink.net writes:

> My speedometer cable (1973 L) frayed at the ZF connector.  The male (one 
> inch long square piece)came apart from the rest of the cable.
> 
> Is this a do it yourself?  It looks like it routes through some complicated 
> parts of the car.  Can I attach a new one (vendor please) to the old one and 
> pull/snake the new one into place?
> 
Only if you feel lucky. When a cable wears out or breaks, most often the 
plastic low-friction liner inside the cable jacket is also badly worn. So when you 
swap cables as you've outlined, the combination of new cable & old liner 
conspire to grab and break the new cable, too. Swapping a cable only takes 
minutes; swapping the cable jacket means removing the console (both halves), the rear 
access panel and rear firewall upholstery and climbing under the car to R & R 
the clamps below the engine/transaxle. Figure on spending a whole Saturday 
doing the complete job. Or attend a local Tech Session and there will be guys 
there ready to help you, that have done this before. Not hard, just tedious. 

Second thing: don't remove the small bolt below the right-angle adapter on 
the ZF. Pulling that 10mm bolt on a fully assembled tranny will release the 
intermediate driveshaft, which then drops inside the ZF. I've welded up a couple 
of cracked ZF cases that were driven (a little ways) with that 4" shaft 
bouncing around inside.   The right-angle adapter can if necessary be removed without 
screwing with that little bolt. Good luck- J Deyke


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