So its been a while since I have gotten my car. And I had a hard time finding out information on how to replace the speed cable. So, I figured why not make a DIY for my fellow EF guys. When I bought my car, the cable was broken. So I went to pull-a-part < junkyard> and pulled a cable out of another hatch. I pulled the cable only, not the whole encasement. $5 fix.

Fist off, you need to take off your speed cluster. Start by taking out the 4 screws on the dash. Two are on the bottom, two are on the top. Pictured below are the places of the two on the top, pictured from above the windshield. There is a cover over the slots. Use a small flat head to get them off.



Once that is off, take off the 4 screws holding in the actual cluster. Behind the cluster are 3 or 4 plugins. My last 90 only had 3, my current has 4. Take your time and pull everything off carefully. You don't want to break anything here. Below is a picture of all the connections. The one with the arrow is the speed cable.



With all that off, you are ready to pull the cable from the tranny. its in the very back,near the rear motor mount. In the pic below, i'm pointing at the actual cable.



I don't know the proper way to take it off, but I'll tell you how I did it. =P I grabbed the cord itself, and pulled up until it came up a few inches. You then pull off the cover thats at the bottom of the cord. You will then see a clip < pictured below > at the bottom of the cord. To take it off, use a flat head, and pry off gently. It comes right off.



Now go ahead and pull the cord up, not out. You will see a piece sticking out the bottom, thats what you want to pull out. Get some pliers and pull that sucker. Comes right out. If it gives you trouble, just twist.



Now, for the cable you are going to replace it with, you need to lube it up first. Make sure its clean before you lube it, or your just going to have troubles.

Simply put it back in the tube and push. Your going to notice it doesn't want to go all the way in. There's nothing wrong, it does this. Just twist as you push. It will eventually go in. When you finally get it all in, I highly recommend you put the cluster half together first. Once you know the custer side is in correctly and the cluster is attached, go back to the engine bay. Put the cable back in the tranny. It may not go all the way in, but this is ok. Put it in as far as you can. Then simply get in the car and back up a 5 feet, and pull forward again. This will have put the wire into alignment. You can now push it down all the way. Now replace the clip and enjoy knowing how fast your going. =)

 

always good to know, expecially since we are the only ones with this DIY!

 

supersize yours is electronic not cable.....
and its a pita to get the new cable back through sometimes, but great work blake

 

i know that.. i said its always great to have since there is no other diy's for it.. meaning HCF is the only one with this DIY..

 

Who's Blake? Are you cheating on me with someone named Blake?
WTF man? I thought we had something special!

lol, Its Blaine. =P
And yes, its a PITA to run the full cable. There are bends that make it damn near impossible. It only took me 10 minutes or so to do this. The longest part was getting the dash taken apart. After that it just flew by.

On a side note, make sure you pay attention to exactly where the clip is and how it comes off. I had to mess around for a minute to figure out exactly how it went back on. =P

And I believe supersize is correct, we are the only forum with the full DIY on this topic. I searched for help before doing the swap myself. I really couldn't find any helpful information on it. Just jumped in and got r done. =P

 

repost it sperate thread to it can be posted in the diy section,
blaine sounds so plain so i gave u a better name......blake...lol

 

Blaine sounds like plain, but Blake sounds like steak!!! Mmmmmmm

 

I keel you, I keel you both!!

 

am i to believe there will be no A1 along with this steak?

 

you just killed it................