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Pythias
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I've had to install the speedo cable onto an angle drive of a Datsun 5 speed a couple of times now and I think I have the system. This assumes the engine is already in the car, and you're simply swopping cables.
After fiddling for far too long, I put a TY-WRAP around the cable about 2" behind the gland nut. This did two things. It kept the gland nut from slipping back down out of reach, and it gave the ability to use TWO HANDS, one to align the pin and the other to hold up the cable at a good angle. Once the pin was started in the center, it was easy to spin the pin with the other end having been disconnected from the speedo itself, and to have the tang fit into the slot. Starting and turning the gland nut is still a PITA, but the hard part was DONE.
After fiddling for far too long, I put a TY-WRAP around the cable about 2" behind the gland nut. This did two things. It kept the gland nut from slipping back down out of reach, and it gave the ability to use TWO HANDS, one to align the pin and the other to hold up the cable at a good angle. Once the pin was started in the center, it was easy to spin the pin with the other end having been disconnected from the speedo itself, and to have the tang fit into the slot. Starting and turning the gland nut is still a PITA, but the hard part was DONE.
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