AOD speedo gear.......attempting to change.....need tech advise

[Wayne's 88 GT]

Ok....I've got the speed sensor unbolted and out of the trans.......whats the trick to release the clip that holds the speedo cable into the sensor assy.........:angry:

Thanks in advance

[1sxyfox]

what are you actually trying to do? cnage the speed sensor or the little plastic gear that controls your speedo after you put gears in the rear?

[Wayne's 88 GT]

I was trying to change the speedo gear......but #1 I think the speedo cable is the problem and #2 I don't think I have the right gear

This is the one in my car

http://southeasternfoxbodies.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=157&pictureid=6996

This is the one I bought to replace it

http://southeasternfoxbodies.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=157&pictureid=6997

Back to the drawing board................ or is there another gear inside the part where the cable is going into the speed sensor?

[1sxyfox]

you don't have to take the cable out to change the gear brother, the gear is just held on with a clip then it pulls out and the other slides in its place and put the clip back.

[Silver91Hatch]

See the little metal tab/clip at the top of the gear near the speed sensor?? Pocket screwdriver or a pick and it pops right out, slide it off, slide the new one on and push the clip back in.

[Wayne's 88 GT]

Ok.......so the big blue gear is not the speedo gear? Well that is good news.......lemme try that and see what happens......I'll get back to ya'll

[Silver91Hatch]

Yeah the big blue gear is the speedo driven gear. The metal clip holds it to the speed sensor body.

[MustangCRZY302]

The gear in the pic on the end of that speed sensor IS the speedo gear. but from the looks of it, you have a new speedo gear for a manual...... not the AOD

[Wayne's 88 GT]

The gear in the pic on the end of that speed sensor IS the speedo gear. but from the looks of it, you have a new speedo gear for a manual...... not the AOD

Thanks. Funny thing is I still have the packaging where I bought the gear.....said it was for AOD so they must have sent me the wrong thing. The gear that came out of the trans looked fine.....no chewing of the gear and it spun freely......so it looks like it is a cable problem. Anybody need a tan 19 tooth gear ?

[nyfreakinrican7]

It could also be the speedometer itself. My cable had melted and I put another one in and my speedometer still works when it feels like it

[Nova]

if you get a speedo cable, get one form napa. $31 dollars gets you everything! the sheath and the cable... ask me how i know :-/

[MustangCRZY302]

Thanks. Funny thing is I still have the packaging where I bought the gear.....said it was for AOD so they must have sent me the wrong thing. The gear that came out of the trans looked fine.....no chewing of the gear and it spun freely......so it looks like it is a cable problem. Anybody need a tan 19 tooth gear ?


I mean i could be wrong, but I mean, my speedo gear looks like that and im a 5 speed.

[Notch93]

I mean i could be wrong, but I mean, my speedo gear looks like that and im a 5 speed.

Looks just like my black one for the AOD,

http://mustangsunlimited.com/ProdImages/DFM17271J-B.jpg

[MustangCRZY302]

Looks just like my black one for the AOD,

http://mustangsunlimited.com/ProdImages/DFM17271J-B.jpg

Told ya i could be wrong! lol i wasn't sure if they are the same or not. the OE one don't look the same thats for sure.