New worthless Ford speedo cable
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Cargo Master
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New worthless Ford speedo cable
I finally got my o-ring seals for the speedo cable housing at the tranny end. Except, the housing will no longer screw back a second time. Tried and tried but it would not start. Get the flashlite, I'm working in low light, and I see the first two threads in the speedo housing are flattened. No way this is going back where it came from and this is a brand new NOS cable for the truck done in by a couple of damaged threads. Naturally the tranny is still leaking like a sieve and I see no way to fix this cable other than the garbage 
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Cargo Master
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Thread chaser would work on bolts but not the hole. The mount on the transmission is fine, but the softer threads in the cap that you screw on are the problem. No thread chaser here, no heli coil and no tap since you have a cable in the center of the hole. Of course a tap would be ideal in most situations except this one with the cable in the center of the hole.
Can't even swap caps since after you remove the two little burrs that keep it in place you would run into the speedometer cap at the other end when you try to slip it off. Also once you damage the flange lip at the top of the cap, where the o ring seals against, then so much for no leaking of fluid.
Can't even swap caps since after you remove the two little burrs that keep it in place you would run into the speedometer cap at the other end when you try to slip it off. Also once you damage the flange lip at the top of the cap, where the o ring seals against, then so much for no leaking of fluid.
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I finally got my o-ring seals for the speedo cable housing at the tranny end. Except, the housing will no longer screw back a second time. Tried and tried but it would not start. Get the flashlite, I'm working in low light, and I see the first two threads in the speedo housing are flattened.
No way this is going back where it came from and this is a brand new NOS cable for the truck done in by a couple of damaged threads.
No way this is going back where it came from and this is a brand new NOS cable for the truck done in by a couple of damaged threads.
The reason I ask is, the original has been impossible to find for years. As I recall, your truck has A/T.
C5TZ17260BS .. Speedometer Cable-93.60" long // Fits: 1965/66 F100/250 2WD 352 w/MX C-O-M.
No Ford Dealer or obsolete parts vendor has any.
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Cargo Master
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This is a genuine Ford NOS (obsolete) speedometer cable? Or a repop you bought from an aftermarket source or on ebay? The repops are made in China.
The reason I ask is, the original has been impossible to find for years. As I recall, your truck has A/T.
C5TZ17260BS .. Speedometer Cable-93.60" long // Fits: 1965/66 F100/250 2WD 352 w/MX C-O-M.
No Ford Dealer or obsolete parts vendor has any.
The reason I ask is, the original has been impossible to find for years. As I recall, your truck has A/T.
C5TZ17260BS .. Speedometer Cable-93.60" long // Fits: 1965/66 F100/250 2WD 352 w/MX C-O-M.
No Ford Dealer or obsolete parts vendor has any.
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What about a die? You know the opposite of a tap? It is the male threads thats messed up right?
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Maybe yes, or maybe not. Did it come in a Ford carton with the part number on it?
Or did it come "Sally Rand" with a white tag looped over the housing w/the part number on it?
If not...I'd be suspicious.
Or did it come "Sally Rand" with a white tag looped over the housing w/the part number on it?
If not...I'd be suspicious.
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I think in the future, we should probably limit references to persons, to those that are less than 100 years old, in order that the younger forum readers can keep up.
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Great Caesars Ghost!! Sally Rand? The only way I know who she is was from a little ditty my grandfather recited about her dancing without her pants. Now, I never knew him, but it came from a scratchy recording he made in a new-fangled recording booth sometime in the 20's or 30's on a trip to the big city.
I think in the future, we should probably limit references to persons, to those that are less than 100 years old, in order that the younger forum readers can keep up.
GOD-frey DAN-iel! Charlie Boogle and Dr. Beebe! If they don't get it...let them eat cake! Besides, ain't this a site that educates? So...let them get educated.
I think in the future, we should probably limit references to persons, to those that are less than 100 years old, in order that the younger forum readers can keep up.
GOD-frey DAN-iel! Charlie Boogle and Dr. Beebe! If they don't get it...let them eat cake! Besides, ain't this a site that educates? So...let them get educated.
btw: Ferd has a bunch of Harley's, one is a 1912...he keeps them in his living room (along with about 200 clocks), cuz the garage has two Model T's in it, his driveway and backyard are also loaded with old rolling piles of misery.
'Course he's no sicker then I am....this house has so much junk lyin' around, the mice have developed round shoulders.
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For those who are now lost, thread has been totally hijacked by a bunch of old farts 
Crow, the bike is older, but we are both from the same decade.
Bill, me too, I like mechanical stuff, especially!! BTW, I remember neighbor Ferd from when we used to visit the Farkel family. Say goodnight, Dick.
...and also, why is this thread starting to resemble a "Where's Waldo" puzzle. Sweet fancy Moses, I don't have time to point out quotes by W.C. Fields for these mixed up Peanuts, boy howdy.
Crow, the bike is older, but we are both from the same decade.
Bill, me too, I like mechanical stuff, especially!! BTW, I remember neighbor Ferd from when we used to visit the Farkel family. Say goodnight, Dick.
...and also, why is this thread starting to resemble a "Where's Waldo" puzzle. Sweet fancy Moses, I don't have time to point out quotes by W.C. Fields for these mixed up Peanuts, boy howdy.
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Be thankful he doesn't have a 'puter, cuz he would show up here and go on and on and on about his 1942 Dodge or 1954 F100...his DD for the past 27 years.
One a the gang (he's know as Rosebud) made up song lyrics to go along with the music from Sweet Georgia Brown. "No car made has got a shade on sweet Ferdies Dodge..."
Say good night Dick = tagline from Rowan and Martin's Laugh In.
Sock it to me...sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me!
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Verrrry interesting...but off topic.
Talking of strippers and all, anyone remember when Gypsy Rose Lee had a talk show on a San Francisco TV station? Used to watch it when I skipped school.
And I thought that was,"say goodnight, Gracie".
Talking of strippers and all, anyone remember when Gypsy Rose Lee had a talk show on a San Francisco TV station? Used to watch it when I skipped school.
And I thought that was,"say goodnight, Gracie".