Damn, Son! You need to get on the horn and call the sorry sumbitch who sold it to you and tell him WTF Dude! I know I ain't getting my money back, but least you can do is help me figure this clusterfuck out! Sheesh.
I had the same problem with my 78 - needle was laying at the bottom of the housing when I bought it. Repaired it, installed and took it for test drive - didn't get a quarter mile before the speedo cable went wild and the needle went to the other side and snapped off. Found a used one from...
HaHa, the instructions say about one hour, but that's for people who don't have spatial dyslexia. I got lost at least six times and had to undo the thread 4-5 holes to pick up either a missed hole or wrapping the thread over instead of under the wheel.
Your results most certainly will vary ;)
Splurged on a leather wheel cover! Went from this:
To this:
To this:
To this:
And it only took five and a half hours, with frequent screaming breaks! So worth it!
Since yesterday was my birthday, and Monday is my wife's, and since I, uh, forgot to get the cheesecake on my Walmart grocery hunt yesterday (and, uh, tomatoes), I took a Cruise this morning to rebalance Chi and Karma (it was so fun):
"You can amortize the cost over those seven years, for accounting purposes with the princess."
Amortize - derives from the Vulgar Latin Admortire, meaning To Kill.
So yeah, in this situation, seems about right!
Whoa, Dude - where'd your headlight switch get moved to? There's a tach commandeering that dash spot! :hmm:
Edited to show where your headlight switch should be. By the way, should you find any comments, advice or wise cracks useful (or funny), click the like button in the lower right...
Running the 5 wires from the passenger side under the dash to the driver side was really slow and no fun, and the factory intake manifold mounting holes didn’t work for the thermo sensor mounting bracket because the manifold spring was in the way of the sensor, so I made an extension plate and...