hi art ben- wow didnt know stinking creek ever reached flood stage. are you kidding. thats a true and very good rule on hellaciousness. so arty youre telling me replacing, snaking and attaching this specialized cable is a tough job or just time consuming. bet you have to solder the wire at the speedo or is it a plug in. now i lived through that era you refer to . in fact i was wounded in action. learned a lot of my knowledge on cars then, but most of it is obsolete now. heres something that only you and i have done from the board. my a108 maytag was thumping and shaking like a v8 on 5 cylinders. feared well this is it the transmission is bad. took the front panel off and then tipped it over to look at the sliding motor. noticed a 1 inch chunk was missing from the inside of the drive belt. slipped a new one on- end of problem . guess what a shyster would have charged me for that job. be careful you might get sticker shock. highest regards oldduke