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Originally Posted by Model A Ron
Do you need to take any special care when inserting the speedometer cable into the transmission? Can it pop out on that end?
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If you are using original Ford inner and outer cables, your inner cable should turn easy and have about 1/8 inch end play when connected to the speedometer.
Reproduction cables are a crap shoot, some are 1/2 to 1 inch too long or short and when mixing and matching inner and outer cables it may or may not work.
Also on many reproduction cables the inner cable will have 1/2 inch or more end play and will drop down and come out of the speedometer and it will stop working. Sometimes the end play can be corrected and sometimes it cant.
some people put a nail in the driveshaft gear to hold the cable up.