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From: FatterDumber& Happier Moe on 9 Apr 2010 18:17
Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
> http://www.toyotapartszone.com/1989/83-01-3744-toyota-van-meter~2.html
>
> 83770 adapter assy. Used to connect the speedo cable to the AT. These are
> notorious for breaking and the original has been replaced by a (hopefully)
> more durable part.
>
> Guess I'll have to yank the old one and see if I can repair/reengineer it.
> Even if it costs me $40 to repair...
>
> Holy Cow.
>
> The good side: these were used in a LOT of Toyota vehicles (the link above
> is to a Toyota van from 1989) so there may be a few laying around in
> junkyards...
>
>
Just use your GPS for the speedometer.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 9 Apr 2010 19:02
On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:17:06 -0500, FatterDumber& Happier Moe wrote:

> Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>> http://www.toyotapartszone.com/1989/83-01-3744-toyota-van-meter~2.html
>>
>> 83770 adapter assy. Used to connect the speedo cable to the AT. These
>> are notorious for breaking and the original has been replaced by a
>> (hopefully) more durable part.
>>
>> Guess I'll have to yank the old one and see if I can repair/reengineer
>> it. Even if it costs me $40 to repair...
>>
>> Holy Cow.
>>
>> The good side: these were used in a LOT of Toyota vehicles (the link
>> above is to a Toyota van from 1989) so there may be a few laying around
>> in junkyards...
>>
>>
> Just use your GPS for the speedometer.


I do. And the car is still at 177,000 miles

It'd be nice to use the cruise control once in a while. And I have a
Canadian model, so 62MPH shows up as 100...


From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 9 Apr 2010 19:02
On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:05:43 -0500, Ray O wrote:

>
> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:hpo5vo$kqk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:31:45 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>>> news:hpnr8o$1r8$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>>> http://www.toyotapartszone.com/1989/83-01-3744-toyota-van-meter~2.html
>>>>
>>>> 83770 adapter assy. Used to connect the speedo cable to the AT. These
>>>> are notorious for breaking and the original has been replaced by a
>>>> (hopefully) more durable part.
>>>>
>>>> Guess I'll have to yank the old one and see if I can repair/reengineer
>>>> it. Even if it costs me $40 to repair...
>>>>
>>>> Holy Cow.
>>>>
>>>> The good side: these were used in a LOT of Toyota vehicles (the link
>>>> above is to a Toyota van from 1989) so there may be a few laying
>>>> around in junkyards...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It seems like it would have made more sense to just fit the speedo
>>> cable directly to the transmission with a common size threaded
>>> connector.
>>
>> Ya think??? ;)
>>
>> There's the coupler, then an intermediate cable, and then the main
>> cable. I kept seeing "Cable 1" listed for $12. Nah, couldn't be! Nope,
>> wasn't. That's the short cable.
>>
>> I haven't really investigated this, but when I was asking around about
>> it everyone said, That little adapter that plugs into the tranny goes
>> bad.
>>
>> Maybe I'll luck out and the $12 cable is the broken link...but I doubt
>> it.
>>
>>
> Whenever I work on my car, Murphy's law states that the most expensive
> part is the one that breaks :-(

Of course!

From: FatterDumber& Happier Moe on 9 Apr 2010 19:56
Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:17:06 -0500, FatterDumber& Happier Moe wrote:
>
>> Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>>> http://www.toyotapartszone.com/1989/83-01-3744-toyota-van-meter~2.html
>>>
>>> 83770 adapter assy. Used to connect the speedo cable to the AT. These
>>> are notorious for breaking and the original has been replaced by a
>>> (hopefully) more durable part.
>>>
>>> Guess I'll have to yank the old one and see if I can repair/reengineer
>>> it. Even if it costs me $40 to repair...
>>>
>>> Holy Cow.
>>>
>>> The good side: these were used in a LOT of Toyota vehicles (the link
>>> above is to a Toyota van from 1989) so there may be a few laying around
>>> in junkyards...
>>>
>>>
>> Just use your GPS for the speedometer.
>
>
> I do. And the car is still at 177,000 miles
>
> It'd be nice to use the cruise control once in a while. And I have a
> Canadian model, so 62MPH shows up as 100...
>
>
There ya go, you won't ever have to change the oil, timing belt or buy
new tires this way.
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