Have a speedo problem after new tranny

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89lx5owe

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1st, its been a long time since ive been on here.. nice to see old faces still here.. on to my problem

I own a 98 Gt and i just had a new tranny put it. The vin on the new tranny says its a 2000 T-45.. problem im haven is that my speedo is way off.. say im in 3rd gear, idleing down my road... should be about 5mph.. it says 70.. anything above 45-50.. it pegs the speedo. I took it to ford, and i was told they cant do anything for it. any ideas? I went down to UPR since they arnt that far form me, and they said i should try a gauge cluster from a 2000, but i dont see how that would work

Any help would be great.. its killing my mileage

 

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Red2000GT

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Try a SpeedCal(from Dallas mustang),should fix it up.

 

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89lx5owe

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Thanks red2000, i thought they were only for rear gear changes. Do you know if its a plug and go thing? or does DM have to calibrate it? oh, btw lookin at ur avatiar, is your roof black? looks killer, been thinking bout doin that to mine

 

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DeathLovesYou

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you mght want to check the Speedometer sensor that goes into the tranny, some are electronic, some are gears,

the speedcal plugs into a sensor in the engine bay and is for gear/tranny/wheel changes i beleive. usually you can find em for around 200, the reprogrammers that can do a little more for the obd sensor is 400.

 

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You need to change over to mechanical speedo gear on the output shaft of the transmission. I had to do the samething when I put my old t45 out my 96 into my friends 00 GT. 99+ T45s use a metal gear that the output shaft sensor uses for speed. You need to take off the tailshaft housing, remove a clip that secures the gear, the gear will slide right off the output shaft, put the correct mechanical one back on, then reassemble.

 

four six

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+100000000000000000 for Dallas mustang speed cal. I just put a 2003 T3650 in my 98 GT and I needed a speed cal extended range

 

four six

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Heres the one you want

http://dallasmustang.com/page/products.php?category=&group=&family=&product=9910ER

 

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89lx5owe

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5.0's 4 ever said:

You need to change over to mechanical speedo gear on the output shaft of the transmission. I had to do the samething when I put my old t45 out my 96 into my friends 00 GT. 99+ T45s use a metal gear that the output shaft sensor uses for speed. You need to take off the tailshaft housing, remove a clip that secures the gear, the gear will slide right off the output shaft, put the correct mechanical one back on, then reassemble.

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My Tranny guy said that this couldnt be done. I forgot the reasons why.

I Ordered the speed-cal.. and i just installed it bout an hour ago. works like a charm. Thanks for ur help ya'll.. now im just waiting for the rest or this tropical storm to go so i can drive the damn thing. we arnt aloud on the roads unless we have a "good reason"

 

CobraRed_96_GT

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four six said:

Heres the one you want

http://dallasmustang.com/page/products.php?category=&group=&family=&product=9910ER

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+1 that's whay id use for ur situation. At the moment im trying to find a used one for the 4.10's i have too. Anyone?

 

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The #1 Stunna

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89lx5owe said:

My Tranny guy said that this couldnt be done. I forgot the reasons why.

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Well your tranny guy is wrong, I did it to my friends mustang and it works perfect. It easier to just plug in the extend range speedcal but this modification would of cost you no money.

 

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89lx5owe

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5.0's 4 ever said:

Well your tranny guy is wrong, I did it to my friends mustang and it works perfect. It easier to just plug in the extend range speedcal but this modification would of cost you no money.

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I had that feeling that he was. the speed-cal only took me about 15mins, but like u said, it wasn't free. Atlest this way, when i change to 3:73's or 4:10's, i'll already have the speed-cal to set the speedo right.. thanks for the info tho, i'll be sure to pass that on to my tranny guy

 

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In your case it was smart because you are going to do a gear swap. My friend still had the stock gears in his mustang and with both transmissions on the floor it is a lot easier to take the tailshaft housings off and perform the swap. Since you already had the trans back in the car it would of been a lot harder to do the job and you probably would of paid over a $100 in labor to have it done.