Well, jacked up truck after cutting off the cable, started it up and put in third gear, only went to 30 MPH, jumped around a lot found out that the odometer dose not rotate. Called a locale guy that rebuilds them, found that the old gears inside are plastic and have a habit of breaking. He uses gears from the 55-59 which are alum. So this fall I will remove half the dash to get it out and rebuilt. Tried to contact the guy in Portland that rebuilt mine, but guess what, he will not answer E-mail, but still sell on E-Bay, so I am SOL. 53 3100 root
