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Speedometer cable isn't turning on my 42 1/2 ton - 4 speed. Cable (new) doesn't seem to have anything to engage into at the transmission end. Took off the sleeve nut that the cable housing screws into and see this split tube sticking out. Nothing there that appears to be a female receiver for the square end of the cable. What the heck am I missing?
http://s1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc428/davpattn/
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Rusty,
See if this helps you.
http://s1117.photobucket.com/albums...view&current=TransmissionPartsID.jpg

http://s1117.photobucket.com/albums...mp;current=TransmissionPartsExploded.jpg

This is the ID of the items shown in picture #2. You are asking about #12 and #27
1 Clutch Gear Bearing Retainer
2 Clutch Gear Bearing Retainer Gasket
3 Clutch Gear Bearing Nut and Oil Slinger
4 Clutch Gear Bearing
5 Clutch Gear
6 Main Shaft Pilot Needle Bearings
7 Main Shaft
8 Second Speed Gear
9 Second Speed Gear Rear Thrust Washer
10 Main Shaft Rear Bearing
11 Main Shaft Rear Bearing Snap Ring
12 Speedometer Drive Gear
13 Universal Joint Spacer
14 Synchronizing Ring
15 Synchronizing Ring Retainer
16 Synchronizing Drum
17 First and Reverse Gear
18 Expansion Plug
19 Reverse Idler Gear Shaft
20 Reverse Idler Gear Lock Pin
21 Reverse Idler Gear Thrust Washer
22 Reverse Idler Gear
23 Countershaft
24 Counter Gear Thrust Washer
25 Counter Gear Assembly
26 Case
27 Speedometer Driven Gear
28 Shifter Yoke Detent Ball
29 Shifter Yoke Detent Spring
30 Shifter Yoke Guide Ball
31 Second and High Shifter Yoke
Good Luck,
Harold

I don't have photos to show you, hope I can describe it well enough.
There should be a short fitting with male threads at each end and a hex in the middle that threads into the housing shown and provides a thread for the knurled ring fitting on the end of the cable to attach to. It looks as if you are missing the double ended threaded adapter part.
The cable end should have a swaged end that is round except for a small ear on one side that fits into the groove in the shiny tube of your photo (OD of the cable fitting = ID of your shiny tube).

Thanks guys. It sounds to me like the new cable I got needs to have what Grant indentifies as "swaged end that is round except for a small ear." I don't seem to have anything that fits into the groove in the shiny tube. Is that a separate part?

Thanks again,
Rusty