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ForGreatJustice · 09-24-2003, 08:49 PM

Okay, I see this question posted all the time and it is NEVER answered. But I'm going to give it another shot.

How do I find the speedometer cable from the bottom of my Gen2, so that I can hook up a drill and test it? My Haynes repair manual doesn't even mention it, and neither my speedometer or odometer are working.

Looking at the bottom of the car, I can only see one cable-type thing feeding into the wheel well. I suspect this is actually the brake hose. Is there a pic of the speedometer cable installed, so I can look it up?

And yes, I took off my instrument cluster to f*** around with it before it died completely. For about a month before it gave up, the speedometer would bob up and down erractically. To the best of my knowledge, I didn't damage it when I removed the instrument cluster.

5Sfte · 09-24-2003, 09:27 PM

Is your car a 4 or 6?
I'll try to find your answer for you tomorrow!

88 LE · 09-25-2003, 03:40 AM

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[B]How do I find the speedometer cable from the bottom of my Gen2, so that I can hook up a drill and test it?

The speedo cable comes out of the firewall and connects to the tranny.

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Is there a pic of the speedometer cable installed, so I can look it up?

I'll take some pics and post em up.

88 LE · 09-25-2003, 05:38 AM

Heres the pics.

Speedo cable coming out of firewall:

Connection:

Connection unscrewed:

Speedo cable into tranny:

5Sfte · 09-25-2003, 03:29 PM

Thanks for saving me the work 88 LE!

ForGreatJustice · 09-25-2003, 04:52 PM

Thanks so much! These are awesome! Hopefully, it's just disconnected or something.

ForGreatJustice · 09-26-2003, 04:37 PM

So are the midway connection and the connection into the tranny the only two accessible connections? I'm going to attempt to pop apart the cable and test it at every point with a drill. Try and see what needs to be done. Is there an attachment point up in the dash that I can disconnect, and then pull the whole upper section of cable out? And cany anyone suggest how to interface the drill to the cable w/o hurting the cable? Or is that even an issue?

TubRog5 · 09-26-2003, 06:33 PM

Does the Generation 2 Camry's have two different style gauges? One with Tachometer and one without?

88 LE · 09-27-2003, 04:26 AM

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So are the midway connection and the connection into the tranny the only two accessible connections?

Theres also a connection behind the guage cluster.

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Is there an attachment point up in the dash that I can disconnect, and then pull the whole upper section of cable out?

I'm sure there is. There has to way to get the cable out and through the firewall.

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And cany anyone suggest how to interface the drill to the cable w/o hurting the cable? Or is that even an issue?

If you seperate the connections you'll see the cable on the inside. Insert the cable into the chuck of the drill and spin it.

88 LE · 09-27-2003, 04:27 AM

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Does the Generation 2 Camry's have two different style gauges? One with Tachometer and one without?

Yes.

The LE model has a tach.

ForGreatJustice · 09-27-2003, 01:05 PM

I'm looking at the lower section of cable (between tranny and connection) and it looks like it was in contact with the hose directly to the left of it (if you were facing the engine after opening the hood). The other hose must have been hot because it melted the rubber of the speedo cable. I would think that the cable is metal, so I don't know if it being seized up caused any damage in the tranny.

Is there a good place to get a replacement? Preferably in Orlando? The Toyota dealer quoted $30, which doesn't seem like too much.

88 LE · 09-27-2003, 03:38 PM

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The other hose must have been hot because it melted the rubber of the speedo cable. I would think that the cable is metal, so I don't know if it being seized up caused any damage in the tranny.

The cable itself is metal (inner part that drives the speedo).

What you can do is get some fire sleeving from a performance plumbing shop (they sell AN fittings, stainless steel braided hose, etc...) and slip it over the speedo cable.

http://www.amstreetrod.com/html/firesleeve.html

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Is there a good place to get a replacement? Preferably in Orlando? The Toyota dealer quoted $30, which doesn't seem like too much.

Not sure of any places in Orlando, but you can try toyotaparts4u.com or partznet.com

TubRog5 · 09-27-2003, 04:44 PM

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Originally posted by 88 LE

Yes.

The LE model has a tach.

Thanks for the info.

mag · 01-03-2008, 07:31 PM

Speddo started to move erradicly today driving and hover around 20-40 when driving 60-80, did you fix yours way back? can you tell me what to do? Thank you. My trans is manual. Did your cable burn in engine room? can you send photos. Thank you