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Can you leave the speedometer cable unattached and still drive the car?
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∙ 13y ago
You can still drive the car, but your odometer will not move without the speedo cable attached. Make sure you disconnect the cable from the gauges and where it connects to the engine.
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How do you change the speedometer cable in a German 1989 190e Mercedes?
Find the speedometer cable at the rear of the transmission and unscrew the collar. Use a screwdriver the pry the cable loose. Leave the cable hanging. Go to the Dashboard and gently pry out your instrument panel. This will take some time, be patient. When you get it out unscrew the speedometer cable from the rear of the instrument panel and pull the cable all the way out toward you. put in the new cable inserting it through the firewall and hook it up to the instrument panel. Put your instrument panel back in. Go under the car and hook it up back up to the transmission. That it!
How do you replace the Speedometer cable in a 2000 Hyundai Elantra?
Goto www.hmaservice.com (Hyundai webtech 2000) Set the Model Year and engine drop-downs on the top of the page and then click Search on the far right. Enter the search keword "speedometer" (leave all items as the default values) You'll see a "Speedometer Replacement Cable" document that you can click on. This contains all the details you need. Enjoy!
How do you change the speedometer cable in a 1991 Ford Mustang LX 5.0L 5 speed?
first safely put the car on jack stands then find where the cable goes into the transmission remove the bolt that retains the cable to the transmission and wiggle the cable till it comes out. For now just leave the plastic gear on the cable the cable housing has a couple of retainers one near the transmission end I think mine was on the frame of the cross member then another on the fire wall or the fender if you buy the cable and the cable housing together it should have a new rubber gromet for the fire wall if you bought just the cable you remove the retainer that holds the plastic gear on the end and set it aside for the moment" don't let dirt and grit get on your cable and into the cable housing so wipe the end off good and lay it as straight as you can out in the encompartment then comes the hard part working under the dash you have to get your hand up behind the speedometer and feel for the plastic detent retainer just at the end of the cable you have squeeze on the back of the detent and carfully pull it away from the speedometer. If you know any four letter words you may notice how that sweet mustang has turned into a whipping post for them at this time. You will probly scratch and cut your hands up just getting to the back of the odometer and most cables unless you have really looked at how the detent works to release its hold on the speedometer will give you a fit but don't give up you can do it but if you get to mad just walk away for a bit and come back to it its not worth the damage you may do to the mustang. anyway getting back to work once you get the cable loose from the speedometer pull the cable housing down just below the dash and slip the old cable out and the new cable in or pull the old housing and cable all out if you got a new one but you may want to pull the new cable houseing through the fire wall by tapeing it to the tail end of the old one and get someone to help feed it thru as you carfully pull it into the car and hook the new cable Into the back of the speedometer. It will push on very easy but be sure it is all the way on. Once you get to this point put your O ring seal on and your old gear and gear retainer rout your cable back the way it came to transmission if it don't slip in with a bit of a wiggle turn you gear a little and try again. put all retainers back in place and get the car on the ground for a test drive if by chance the speedometer don't work check to ensure you are fully plugged in at the back of the speedometer there may be a little jumpyness to the speedometer at first but as the cable lube gets spread out it will be ok.
How do you get your speedometer to work in your 1988 Mazda b2200?
I would recommend removing the speedometer cable where it attaches on the left hand side of the transmission and cleaning it and greasing it.The cable is about 1/2 inch thick and you can see it where it comes thru the firewall (driver side) and goes along the frame rail (left hand side) to the transmission.Use some white lithium grease sold at napa,auto zone,advance auto and pack it in the cable end going to the transmission.Now if after doing this does not work you will need to remove the dash cluster,4 screws two on top and two underneath and four screws that actually hold the clear lens and gauges and remove the cable going to the speedometer itself and clean and grease as well.Note its a good idea if you have to do the speedometer gauge to leave the cable going the transmission off to give you some slack when taking it loose from the gauge.Hope this makes sense takes less than 30 minutes to do both ends of the cable connection if necessary.Normally the connection on the transmission is what is the issue.
How do you replace the speedometer cable on a 1991 Mercury Capri?
Remove the battery and plastic battery tray. In the early model there were 2 sections to the cable (upper and lower) and they meet just under the edge of the battery tray. The upper cable comes throught the firewall in a rubber tube. The lower cable connects to the transmission. The 1993 capri is very simple. The cable will NOT come out the top. It can only be removed from the bottom but no need to get under the car or remove any parts. Cover the left fender to protect it and lay across the engine. Reach straight down in front of the firewall in about the center of the car. The speedometer cable attaches to the top of the transmission and the cable can probably be unscrewed by hand. Bend the cable up and pull the cable out. When replacing it, leave it dangling out an inch or two at the bottom to more easily seat the notch in the cable into the transmission. It will slide in the rest of the way when you push to housing back a screw it on. All in all a couple of minutes to do the whole job. These are specialty parts per the speedometer shop I talked to and are not easily re-made, so keep the one you have lubricated.
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She is going to own her own cable channel.
When you change a 1993 ford ranger manual trasmission that has a manual speedometer cable to a newer model that doesn't have a cable how can you make the speedometer work?
Even though one has a speedo cable, and the other dosen't, the speed sensor itself is essentially the same, the only difference being that one speed sensor has a place for a cable, and the other dosen't. You should be able to make it work, by transferring the speed sensor from one transmission to the other, in other words, leave the speed sensor on the vehicle that it came installed on. The only thing that would be of concern is whether the gear ratio of the sensor is the same. When you pull out the two sensors, count the teeth on the plastic gear. If they are the same, then away you go! If they different, you can transfer the internal drive gear by removing the tail shaft housing from the transmissions. The tail shaft housing is easy to remove. It's only held on with 5 or 6 bolts, and it's pretty self-explanatory.
How do you replace a speedometer cable in a Mercedes 300 CD?
Assuming it's a US model, (automatic transmission only), you would start under the car at the rear of the trans where you can follow the cable going into a collar. There is a nut that squeezes the collar to lock the cable housing to the trans. Loosen the collar nut, ( remove the bolt, the cable end will not come out otherwise). Use a large screwdriver to gently open the collar at the outside and then pull out the cable. Sometimes it's a good tug. Leave the old cable hanging for now. (HINT: Running a string through the route up to the engine compartment will also help you to follow it when installing the new cable). At the speedometer end, you remove the bottom dash panel, (right above your knees when driving) and reach up behind the instrument panel to gently push the panel out towards the steering wheel. It is only pressure-fit with a rubber gasket and no screws. Be VERY careful not to push the panel too far, as the oil pressure line is attached also and you don't want to separate it and have oil lubricating your knees! Just enough space to reach in and unscrew the cable collar from the speedo. Start from the engine compartment and pull the cable through the firewall grommet. Install the new cable by feeding through the firewall first, then following the route back to the trans. Careful to leave a nice arc so the cable won't bind. Re-install both ends, making sure the square tip is firmly seated and you're good-to-go.
Were is the drain plug for transmission on 1993 ford escort?
The drain plug is at the center and bottom of the tramsmission housing. After draining it refill at the top of the transmission. The speed sensor and speedometer cable will have to come out. Often, due to corrosion they are nearly impossible to get out. Sometimes the gear to the speedometer breaks and falls into the transmission, then you'll have to take the transmission out and take it apart to retrieve the broke part which frequently jams the shift rods. If you are not having any problem with it ie. the transmission isn't leaking fluid it is best to leave it alone.
Does reformatting your hard drive change your ip address?
Your computers I.P. address is assigned by your ISP (Comcast, Charter, Cox, etc.) and is bound by your MAC address and/or cable modem. There are tricks of resetting your I.P., but the best way to do it is either request it via your ISP or leave your cable modem unplugged for 24 hours. You get about a 75% chance of it resetting that method.
Why does the sport drive light come on in your 91 Honda accord?
that usually means that there is a short in the control witch or the box itself is bad, either way with it removed or not the car can still move, but leave it long enough like that you wont be able to shift gears, for me i just removed the cable itself from the shifter. so no sport drive.
How do you replace a hard drive?
== == For illustrated pictures depicting how to remove and install a hard drivesee: http://www.fonerbooks.com/r_hard.htmby Ranger22 You can also click on the Web Link to the left of this answer, below the blue section. It's not that hard to install a hard drive if you are handy with tools and repairs. But there are a few things you need to know. Depending upon whether you are keeping your old hard drive, and will now have two hard drives, or if you are getting rid of your old hard drive and will only have one hard drive, determines where you plug in the IDE cable and how you set the jumpers. Of course you might have bought a new CD burner and a second hard drive and want to install them both. So there are a variety of possibilities. No matter what your case may be, the two most important things are how the IDE plugs and jumpers are configured. The power supply cable can only go in one way, so that's easy. The power supply is a 4 pin connector.IDE Interface cable: (Also called "Ribbon Cable") * The IDE cable is flat, usually gray, about 2" wide and has three plugs on it. The plugs are 40-pin connectors. One end plugs into the motherboard, and might be blue. You don't have to worry about that end, just leave it where it is. At the extreme other end of the IDE cable, opposite the mother board is the PRIMARY DRIVE (MASTER) connector. Then there is a plug in the middle that is the SECONDARY DRIVE (SLAVE) connector. The MASTER connector on the end might be black, and the SLAVE connector in the middle may be gray. Make sure the MASTER connector is plugged into the Master drive, and the SLAVE connector is plugged into the slave drive. The most important thing to understand with the whole Master/Slave thing, is that the hard drive that boots up your computer must be set as the MASTER. The second thing to understand is this: If there are two drives on one IDE cable, then there must be a Master and a Slave, or both drives must be set to "Cable Select". * If there is only one drive on the IDE cable, then it must be plugged into the end plug, which is the Master plug. Jumper Block, Jumper * At the back of the drive, along with the power supply slot and the IDE slot is the Jumper Block. The Jumper Block has a little, tiny plug in it that connects two of the pins. That little plastic plug is called the jumper. Depending upon where the jumper is plugged into, determines whether the drive is set up as the Master or the Slave. There are 4 possible jumper settings. The jumper setting depends upon how many drives are on the IDE cable and whether the drive is a Master or a Slave.The 4 settings are: * Cable Select - (Usually the default setting) The jumper plug is usually all the way to one side nearest the power supply plug. If your system supports "Cable Select", then the system determines which will be the Master and which will be the Slave. If one drive on the IDE cable is set to "Cable Select", then the other drive must also be set to "Cable Select". You can't have your Master drive set as "Cable Select" and the other drive set as the Slave. If you aren't sure whether you system supports Cable Select, then you can use the standard jumper settings described below. * Master - For when two drives share the same IDE Cable. The hard drive that is booting up your computer must be the Master. Master is also denoted by "Single" on older hard drives. * Slave - Also for two drives * Single - The jumper plug is not present. For one drive on the IDE Cable. MASTER/SLAVEHow many drives? * The computer probably has two IDE cables, with two drive plugs on each cable. This gives you the option of having up to 4 different drives, in many different configurations. * You could have 2 hard drives and 2 CD drives. Most computers come with one hard drive on one IDE cable, and a CD drive on the other IDE cable. * People often put an extra CD drive in so they can burn from one CD to another CD. You could have the hard drive on one IDE cable and the two CD drives on the other IDE cable. * Having a second hard drive is really the way to go for backing up your data. Depending upon how many drives you have in your computer, will depend on how you need to set the jumper , you will need to: plug. And as explained above, there are a few different possibilities.1) No matter what the new configuration is: * Unplug all the cords at the back of the computer. * Remove the cover on the side of the computer * Make a note of how your IDE cables are plugged in. 2) If you are removing a drive:Unplug the power supply from the drive (The 4 wire connector)Unplug the IDE cable (2" wide, flat, gray)Unplug any other wires (Sometimes a 2 wire plug on CD drives)Remove the screws on both sides of the driveSlide the old hard drive or CD drive out.If you are simply putting a new hard drive in place of the old one, check the old hard drive for where the jumper plug is. Check to see if the new hard drive is set the same. If you are saving the old hard drive or need to copy data off it, thenyou will need to install both hard drives. When I bought a new Western Digital hard drive, my old hard drive was still working, and I installed the new hard drive as the slave. The Western Digital hard drive came with software to copy everything from my old hard drive to the new hard drive, and make the new hard drive bootable.If you need to retrieve data off your old hard drive, and the computer won't boot up, then go to the question: How do I get data off my hard drive?You will need something like tweezers or something very small to get the jumper out. The jumper is usually a little piece of white or black plastic, and it's very small.Sometimes the hard drive will have letters stamped into the metal to indicate which slot is the Master and which slot is the Slave. 3) Make sure the jumper on the drive that will boot the computer is set to Master or Cable Select. Cable Select can only be used if BOTH drives are set to Cable Select. If you just bought a new computer and are putting an old hard drive into the new computer, the hard drive in the new computer will already have the jumper plugged into the Master slot or Cable Select. 4) Put the old drive into an open slot in the new PC and secure it with screws5) Connect the open connector from the same cable as the existing hard drive of the new PC. Most computers have two IDE cables. Each of the cables has two plugs on it.6) Boot up the new PC7) In Windows Explorer you should see your old drive now as a different drive letter. I have two hard drives on one IDE cable and two CD drives on the second IDE cable. In my computer, my second hard drive shows up as F: drive. My two CD drives show up as D: and E: drive. My original hard drive shows up as C: drive. 8) In Windows Explorer you can copy or move files to your new drive. I like to right click the Start button, and choose "Explore" as a fast way to get into Windows Explorer.
