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Old 03-07-2010, 02:15 PM
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My truck is a 1992 cc drw Manual trans. I tried searching but got answers that said my truck doesnt have a cable. Well my truck has a cable coming out of the gertrag trans. I have a new cable that the previous owner gave to me. Was going to install it todat but I cant find where it goes throough the firewall. The prvious owner disconected it in the engine compartment. Can anyone help?

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Old 03-07-2010, 02:38 PM
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i have a 1991 getrag and it uses a vehicle speed sensor (vss) ive seen quite a few cummins trannys over time and never once have i seen one with a cable

on the 2wd its located right at the back of the tailshaft or right around there. and on a 4wd its on the transfer case. got any pics? and is it a factory speedometer or aftermarket?
 
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Old 03-07-2010, 03:04 PM
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factory speedo and cable coming out of trans on drivers side and runs up the tunnel and is unplugged and tied up on the master cylinder now
 
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Old 03-07-2010, 03:36 PM
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sounds to me like the speedo went out before and somebody put a cable on it thinking that would work to fix it and then left it tied up under the hood. you could take the dash out and see if it still has the factory electic plugs on the back of the speedo. i have never seen one first gen with a cable it should have the vss on it
 
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Old 03-07-2010, 04:25 PM
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cable actually broken in middle. Cant find any plug by the transmission for a vss. Im new to this truck though so I could be missing something.
 
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Old 03-07-2010, 04:51 PM
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this is how it is suposed to look on the transfer case if your truck is four wheel drive, hope this helps.
 
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Old 03-07-2010, 07:49 PM
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truck is 2wheel and has a cable into the side of trans.ill look again tommorow and take pics. Need to fix this and ebrake cable to inspect it so I can get tags this week. Then I can work on the fun stuff
 
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Old 03-07-2010, 09:56 PM
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take a picture for us so we can see what your talking about. were telling you that they didnt use cables. someone before you may have hacked something. get us a pic so we can help you more
 
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that assembaly should be the same as the 2 wheel drives but im not quite sure where they mount on the trans
 
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Originally Posted by stackx2
that assembaly should be the same as the 2 wheel drives but im not quite sure where they mount on the trans
on the back of the tailshaft housing
 


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