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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 03:33 PM
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SPEED CABLE
1987 F 150 5 Lt

My speedometer gear inside the manual tranny wore down so the cable doesn’t reach, any ideas other than opening the tranny?
 
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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 11:55 PM
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Same thing happened to my truck, I zip tied the cable to a crossmember (in my case by my tcase) and it makes contact now. That's just a quick bandaid fix. You should probably invest in a new speedo gear.
 
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