5 speed speedo cable length

[shynsy]

Hi Folks.
What's the length of the 5 speed speedo. Cable?
Tim

[mark030358]

Hi,
When I put a Lotus 5 speed in my Elan I reused the same cable and all works well. However an extra few inches would help. ....(said the actress to the Bishop) perhaps another 4"

cheers
Mark

[The Veg]

Hi,
When I put a Lotus 5 speed in my Elan I reused the same cable and all works well. However an extra few inches would help. ....(said the actress to the Bishop) perhaps another 4"

Interesting because I put a new cable in during the process of swapping-in a five-speed and while I don't recall which merchant I bought the cable from, I do recall asking if there was any difference and being told that both transmissions use the same cable. And I recall not being happy with either of the ways that it looked like I could orient the cable-drive unit with the cable connected.

[rgh0]

Left hand versus right hand drive probably explains the issue in terms of cable routing as the speedo drive is off the right hand side of both 4 and 5 speed and in roughly the same location but the 5 speed is inserted from the rear while the 4 speed is from the side.

cheers
Rohan