For future reference, when I installed my rebuilt speedometer, I used knurled nuts instead of hex nuts. It was SOOOO much easier getting those nuts installed with two fingers instead of a socket wrench.

I even used knurled nuts to put the radio grill back on.

1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)

1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)