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Old 02-05-2020, 10:44 PM   #1
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I'm running a 1950 transmission and I want to use the earlier Speedometer that has female threads on the back. Can I use the early speedometer cable with the "bullet" gear from a th350? It looks like it would be the perfect adapter to do what I need. Has anyone tried it? Or is there a better solution? Thanks!
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Old 02-05-2020, 11:58 PM   #2
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really, in the whole history of automobiles, there are only a few variants in speedo cables. this is one case where the industry sort of set up some "standards". i have no idea what a bullet gear is, but basically you got to have matching threads on the drive and the speedo, again there are only a few types, and then match the drive ends of the cable. square? got a raised key to drive it? square on both ends? get a cable length that works with your outer housing, and go drivin
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Old 02-06-2020, 08:46 AM   #3
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That's why i posted here, I was hoping the barn would be familiar with the cables used. As you can see the cable for a shoebox has a "bullet" made on the end of it. As you may know, the early Ford speedometer head has female threads on the back, not the conventional male threads. What I want to do is use the "bullet" from a th350, also pictured, so I can use a prewar speedometer cable and mate it to this transmission. That is, if the th350 bullet and gear fits a shoebox transmission...
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Try these guys.Lots of combinations and pictures.


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The early cable will go right on the turbo 350 bullet. Why won't the cable go onto the '50 transmission? Most of those speedo gears and adapters are the same.
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A speedo shop that makes up cables should be able to make up a custom cable that has both ends that you want. Not that expensive. Because the bullet end (49-56) may not be available any more (???) you can send the maker of the cable a later ( 49-56 ) cable and have him put an earlier speedo end on it.


Or he can make up a cable with the T-350 end and the correct end for the early speedo. It looks like, from your pic, that one end had female thread while the other has male



I don't remember how much a paid for a special cable, but I don't think it was that much
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