Whether the speedometer cable acts erratically, the disagreement is practicable a worn cable.
Whereas virgin Mustangs rely on an electronic speedometer, classic Mustangs were instead equipped with a mechanical speedometer cable that attached the speedometer to the transmission. Over date, the cable can break ground to bind, causing the speedometer thorn to either bounce or to not movement at all. Happily, replacement cables are available and putting in a fresh one generally takes less than one lifetime.
Subsume the transmission head of the speedometer cable into the transmission, then tighten the cable's unmarried bolt to secure the cable in levy.11. Conductor the gratuity of the speedometer aim of the cable washed-up the firewall.
2. Remove the screws that secure the climate driver's seat panel to the dashboard with a Phillips-head screwdriver. Two screws are located at the top of the panel and two on the backside of the panel.
3. Pull the climate curb panel elsewhere of the dashboard.
4. Pull the instrument panel outside of the dashboard blameless Sufficiently to access the speedometer cable.
5. Rotate the integral kernel that secures the speedometer cable to the back of the speedometer with an open-end wrench until the cable detaches from the gauge.
6. Lift the Mustang's hood and gently pull the speedometer cable gone of the interior of the motorcar terminated the firewall.
7. Jack the vehicle up with a floor jack and cooperate it with jack stands to access the antagonistic heel of the speedometer cable on the Chauffeur's side of the transmission.
8. Remove the unmarried bolt that secures the speedometer cable to the transmission with a box-end wrench, then pull the cable absent of the transmission.
9. Lubricate the nylon gear on the transmission objective of the replacement speedometer cable with either transmission fluid or engine meeting lubrication.
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Instructions
1. Remove the screws that secure the instrument panel to the dashboard with a Phillips-head screwdriver. The screws are located enclosing the edges of the instrument panel, including the backside borderline.12. Lubricate the imagination of the cable, located inside the integral kernel on the speedometer side of the cable, with lightweight lubricant.
13. Embrace the speedometer location of the cable into the back of the speedometer, then tighten the integral nut on the tip of the cable onto the back of the speedometer with an open-end wrench.
14. Position the instrument panel against the dashboard, then install and tighten each of panel's retaining screws with a Phillips-head screwdriver to secure the panel in place.
15. Position the climate control panel against the dashboard, then install and tighten each of panel's retaining screws with a Phillips head screwdriver to secure the panel in place.
