Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Well, once again thanks for all the help, however, i am still missing pieces that will prevent me from attaching the speedo correctly. I am attaching another photo with a question: there is something missing on the inside of the drive gear. Is it a ball bearing? A rod of some sort?i have a feeling t...

I AM REPEATING A POST IN ORDER THAT I MIGHT ADD PICTURES AFTER I READ DAN'S TUTORIAL(THANKS DAN!) Well just when i thought all hope might be lost regarding finding a DRIVE GEAR so i can hook up my speedo cable i cleaned out my trunk and Voile!..... what i think is a GREEN PLASTIC (NYLON?) DRIVE GEAR...

Well just when i thought all hope might be lost regarding finding a DRIVE GEAR so i can hook up my speedo cable i cleaned out my trunk and Voile!..... what i think is a GREEN PLASTIC (NYLON?) DRIVE GEAR! I have bought a lot of parts over the year for this car (owner since the last century! -1999) &a...

Hey Mike, Thanks for the info. i'm in a great position to do that seeing as i bought a driven gear thinking it was a drive gear. I'm gonna tell my mechanic this & maybe this is the answer. i believe i still have a drive gear but my mechanic figured it was shot after installing a new speedo cable...

Hey Jim, Great detective work on that one. I'll have to scour the manual again to find that. I must have missed it. I think i got the correct part yesterday but i'll find out tonight when i visit my mechanic's shop. It is nylon & it was taken off of a '63 so here goes! Thanks again for all your ...

Hi Jim, Wow this picture is great & now i at least know what i am looking for. i need to talk to my mechanic who says that the bad gear that came out of my car (born late oct. 1962) was NYLON. I'm hoping that the part i am purchasing tomorrow from a junked 1963 transmission (i'm not positive abo...

Thanks for the diagram Jim. As far as why i think i need the drive gear i bought a new speedo cable, driven gear & clip & my mechanic tried attaching it & it isn't working. i'm not sure if mine is still in there & stripped or what the exact situation is but it is essentially the last...

Thank you Alan! I think i need to see an exploded diagram of this because it is getting confusing. Any links to a good exploded diagram of this anywhere? I have a service manual but i haven't found one in there. Any links you could turn me on to? Like i mentioned earlier, i'm not a mechanic so i am ...

Thank you tbird5866,
are you sure that it is steel? others have said it could be fiberglass. Thank you for the info.
Tony

Hi, i have just registered. I am in the U.S.A. & i am not a mechanic. I am trying to restore my 1963 Automatic 390 T-Bird. I am trying to hook up a speedo cable & i have the driven gear but not the drive gear. From the info i have gotten it is a Transmission Drive gear & it is what the s...