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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 03:57 PM
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Cool need speedo help

hi all this site is cool i needed paint help and got it the first 10 minuts of being on here my other problem is my car 84 cutlass calais had a overdrive trans from the factory and i put in a 350 turbo and now my speedo is way fast how do i correct this thanks
Old Jan 20, 2010 | 04:08 PM
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You will have to replace to speedometer driven gear in your trans, where the speedo cable goes into the case. Try here: www.speedometersolutions.com
Old Jan 20, 2010 | 10:54 PM
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Depending on what the rear gears are you MAY need to change both the drive and driven gears in the trans.
Old Jan 21, 2010 | 05:02 AM
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Welcome to CO. Glad you are getting some help.
Old Jan 21, 2010 | 07:26 AM
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Here's another source for speedo gears:

http://www.transmissioncenter.net/sp...n_______va.htm
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