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[to fly]

Yep as above, careful the clip will bust very easily so take your time, plan B,try disconnecting from the gearbox end, only one bolt and feed a bit of cable thru the firewall behind the dash and leave the speedo cable in the cluster,

[Heath]

The Baron's description isn't exactly how I'd put it. Can't hurt to have an extra view...

The clip mechanism is on the end of the cable where it touches the cluster. The end of the clip that your finger will find hangs out one side of the cable, doesn't go around the whole way. This little tag should be pushed against the sheath of the cable (yes, push it towards the centre of the cable). This will unclip it but not detatch it, you will need to jiggle it very lightly (in an axial movement, not sideways) for it to slip out of the back of the cluster.

Kinda annoying because you can't see shit and it's tricky to move around a lot up there.

[Chips]

this was useful.

i don't know if it's gone back on properly

[Chips]

any experience on how to reconnect?

I put it back and it seems to work on the driveway. haven't got onto open road yet.

but it seemed loose-ish.

totally blind and not much room to play with there squeezing in behind dash!

[Statler]

There's just enough room to push it back on from under the dash.

If it's working but the needle 'bounces' it needs to go in a poofteenth more.

I've found it easier to fit by pulling the centre out about 10mm & sliding it into the cluster first , then pushing the sleeve on.

[Chips]

thanks. that's exactly was my concern and experience.

that loose centre bit seemed to have come out a bit more out when I went to reconnect and then when fiddling around trying to refit it felt like it had gone back the other way and wasn't maybe in.

I was putting that cable bit in first then trying to somehow hold it there and get that plastic lock over it.

and now now not sure the plastic locked on properly but don't want to touch it in case it's ok and I break it trying to do something that doesn't need doing.

[koalasprint]

Mine is hard to do too. As above, pull the inner out a tad and rotate it as you push the cluster/dash towards the cable. Itcan also help to have the cable unplugged from the gearbox if that is convenient to do. I think the female socket on the speedo is flogged out on mine. I put a dob of epoxy putty on the speedo entry hole and that does the trick, but it is a last resort.