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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 9 Apr 2010 14:22 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 These are notorious for breaking and the original has been replaced by a (hopefully) more durable part.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...
From: Ray O on 9 Apr 2010 16:31 "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 notorious for breaking and the original has been replaced by a (hopefully) 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. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 9 Apr 2010 17:25 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 are notorious for breaking and the original has been replaced by a 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 $12 cable is the broken link...but I doubt it.
From: Ray O on 9 Apr 2010 18:05 "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:hpo5vo$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 :-( -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Mike Hunter on 9 Apr 2010 18:08 There are LOTS of Toyotas in the junk yards. LOL "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... > >
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