[Supras] Speedometer problem

[b2nice84 at aol.com]

I have done this job without disconnecting anything at and only tool I need is a?channel lock pliers.? I have a 91 turbo with a HKS?down pipe and a test pipe so the CAT is not in my way.? 
1. Obviously you need to jack up the car from the front.? 
2. Climb under the car from the passenger side.
3. Enter?the channel lock from the rear of the car with your right hand and break it loose.
4. Use your left fingers to hold the screw point from moving when your are repositioning the channel lock to unscrew again.
5.?After?it is loose enough, unscrew with your fingers.

I have done this twice and works for me.? Not the easiest but a lot easier then taking everything apart.? 

If you have a CAT you may need to remove it first.? The gaskets might be okay to reuse but I would get new ones.?

Hope this helps.

Brandon

P.S.
Grease the Key points before installing. 
-----Original Message-----
From: JAMES <bogunter at mindspring.com>
To: supras at supras.com
Sent: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 6:14 pm
Subject: Re: [Supras] Speedometer problem



 The problem is the short cable that goes on the transmission.
 It is broke. It was hard getting it disconnected.
  I have a 3'' down pipe and that made it harder to
 get to. I got a new cable ordered from toyota.
 Would it be hard to remove the rear transmission
support to make more room. Will the trans be supported
enough while I do this. ( a few minutes) I don't want to
 remove the downpipe, because I have the car jacked
 up off the ground and I don't want  to have to get new gaskets.
         Thanks for any suggestions.
                                                   James


On 2 Jan 2008 at 19:32, JAMES wrote:   
     When the temp is very cold my speedometer will make a loud violent 
screeching
  sound and the needle will jump up to the 150mph area. It will do this for 
about 30
  seconds and the noise goes away and the needle comes down to the correct mph.
  It done it this morning and it did not stop untill I got to where I was going. 
(5 min.drive)
  And later in the day when I drove it again the speedometer did not work at 
all.
  Has anybody seen this happen before? Is it the meter or the cable? 
   My 89 turbo has over 240000 miles on it. I noticed that the cruise control 
does
  not work without the speedometer working. Any suggestion or tips would be 
appreciated.
   I probably could find another meter but I was hoping to see 300000 on this 
one someday.
   My Supra had about 150000 on it  when I got it.
                                                      Thanks,
                                                                   James           


                                     James         
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