drive your Monaco speedo from electronic tranny

[sigmfsk]

On BBC, in my Marin County thread, I wrote about the "cable-x" option:

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I'm ultimately going to be using the 4L80E electronic pulses to drive a cable-x
www.abbott-tach.com/cablex.htm
which will drive the speedo cable.

It has a cool feature to test the speedometer and odometer:
> After switch #11 is closed, the speedometer will run at a speed of 60 MPH for
> 20 seconds. The vehicle odometer will advance a little over 0.3 miles.
www.atrol.com/speedometer/cablex_calibration_chart_print.htm

I'm planning on mounting the cable-x in the engine compartment. There's enough room behind the dash, but I don't want any motor "whirring" to be heard when driving along. That would ruin the ambiance of a 1974 police car.

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The Feb 2012 issue of Mopar Action lists another option - the TCI speedo control unit:

But there's a fly in the ointment:



I got my cable-x from Bruce at Bob's speedometer:
www.bobsspeedometer.com/1/120/index.asp
Bruce is the owner; Bob was his dad.

I got it without a drive cable. We agreed that whenever I got it installed, they'd make me a cable that I needed. They'll probably forget about me by the time that happens, but at least there's a source for making cables of whatever you need.

your friend in screen accurate speedos even with a non-stock transmission,
arthur