Early 5 speed speedo cable connection

[bloxman]

SO I got a replacement Speed ocable off Ebay and I managed to fish it into the back of the speedo with my foot on the roof and my head up against the pedals . Tricky tricky and it only slips into the bacvk of the spedo one way Yikes , went or a little drive ..

Nothing

I took the end off the gearbox and Spun it with a drill and voila it works..

So any body have any ideas about what is wrong obviously

Nothing Wrong with speedo

Nothing wrong with cable

SO ..Gearbox,Speedo drive gears ?I've read a lot about various coloured drive gears but.. i am unsure if these are in the gearbox itself.

I feel there is something missing where the cable screws in as well there is a flat spot surrounding the area where the cable screws in , and am empty threaded whole, perhaps A collar of some sort?

Maybe cable cannot drive without this Collar in place?

If The tranny has to come down I think I'll wait until I can lay my hands on a clutch and pressure plate

Regards

Bloxman

[zman112233]

You might want to check to make sure the cable is going all the way into the transmission. I had a slightly similar problem. The cable wasn't going far enough in to make contact so it would never spin. I finally had to put a rubber seal on the outside of the flat part of the cable between the connector and the screw on cap to force it in deep enough. Also make sure it's not binding up anywhere along the way.

BTW, so claim there are a couple of different cables for different model years. I've heard they are color coded. Don't know how much truth there is to that....

[bloxman]

Thanks zman112233

I'll give it a shot , I was really worried the whole box would have to come down.

Regards

Bloxman