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cctyler · 03-21-04, 05:10 AM

Sorry for the blurry pics, my camera does crappy macro’s.
It’s -13 degrees celcius here today, so I didn’t cover all the steps with pictures as I was freezing my ass off.

Tools Needed
- crescent wrench
- 12mm open ended wrench
- WD40 or equivalent solvent
- Lubrication grease or graphite filings

Time – 15mins max

Lets begin, locate the coupling where the two cables meet. This can be found just right of the throttle body. Once you’ve located it, put the 12mm wrench on the smaller end of the coupling and the crescent wrench on the other and loosen the coupling.

So we now have two separate pieces of protective sleeve with two smaller pieces of cable inside them, notice one cable has a female end and the other a male. When I did my cleaning, I left the bottom cable alone and didn’t bother to take it out and clean it. If your lower cable is broken…well its going to have to come out, but I have heard that can get tricky replacing it, so hope for the best.

Remove the upper male cable from the protective sleeve and place it to the side, we will come back to that later. I noticed that on my lower cable, the female end was covered in a thick dirty layer of grease. Spray a good amount of WD40 into both ends of the cable, let it drain out. On the lower end of the cable, after spraying the WD40 to loosen up the grease, take a cloth and try to remove as much old dirty grease as possible. Try to clean it up best as possible.

Back to the cable itself, clean the upper cable in WD40 or any other solvent removing any grease. Look for any defects in the cable, if its starting to fray or no longer bends properly, its time to get a new one. After you have the cable nice and clean, liberally spray the clean cable with grease or graphite filings. I used a high pressure low temperature grease that came in a compressed can, it worked great. Before reinstalling the clean cable, go back to the coupling connector and spray a nice layer of grease on the female connector as well in the upper half of the protective sleeve.

Reinstall the speedo cable and connect up the coupling. Take it for a drive and see the results. The key to the procedure is removing the dirty grease from the female connector as well as using a good grease. The first time I did the application I ignored the female connector and only used WD40. It helped a bit, but I went back and used a good grease and made sure the area where the male and female connectors met that there was no clumps of grease and that a fresh coating of grease was applied.

03-21-04, 05:10 AM	#11 (permalink)
cctyler Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Winnipeg, Mb, Canada Posts: 218 Car 1: 87 Legend L Coupe iTrader: (0)	Sorry for the blurry pics, my camera does crappy macro’s. It’s -13 degrees celcius here today, so I didn’t cover all the steps with pictures as I was freezing my ass off. Tools Needed - crescent wrench - 12mm open ended wrench - WD40 or equivalent solvent - Lubrication grease or graphite filings Time – 15mins max Lets begin, locate the coupling where the two cables meet. This can be found just right of the throttle body. Once you’ve located it, put the 12mm wrench on the smaller end of the coupling and the crescent wrench on the other and loosen the coupling. So we now have two separate pieces of protective sleeve with two smaller pieces of cable inside them, notice one cable has a female end and the other a male. When I did my cleaning, I left the bottom cable alone and didn’t bother to take it out and clean it. If your lower cable is broken…well its going to have to come out, but I have heard that can get tricky replacing it, so hope for the best. Remove the upper male cable from the protective sleeve and place it to the side, we will come back to that later. I noticed that on my lower cable, the female end was covered in a thick dirty layer of grease. Spray a good amount of WD40 into both ends of the cable, let it drain out. On the lower end of the cable, after spraying the WD40 to loosen up the grease, take a cloth and try to remove as much old dirty grease as possible. Try to clean it up best as possible. Back to the cable itself, clean the upper cable in WD40 or any other solvent removing any grease. Look for any defects in the cable, if its starting to fray or no longer bends properly, its time to get a new one. After you have the cable nice and clean, liberally spray the clean cable with grease or graphite filings. I used a high pressure low temperature grease that came in a compressed can, it worked great. Before reinstalling the clean cable, go back to the coupling connector and spray a nice layer of grease on the female connector as well in the upper half of the protective sleeve. Reinstall the speedo cable and connect up the coupling. Take it for a drive and see the results. The key to the procedure is removing the dirty grease from the female connector as well as using a good grease. The first time I did the application I ignored the female connector and only used WD40. It helped a bit, but I went back and used a good grease and made sure the area where the male and female connectors met that there was no clumps of grease and that a fresh coating of grease was applied.