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A while back I replaced the speedometer cable in my 51 Packard 200 Deluxe 3 spd with overdrive. The speedometer still didn't work. I am now replacing the clutch and have the tranny out. There is no drive gear to engage the speedo cable. It looks like there should be a cartridge or something that hooks the cable to the gear on the output shaft. There is nothing to engage the cable end. What am I missing?

When I was looking for the special one that my own 1951 uses I took quite a few photos but oddly I can find only this end view now! But yes, there is a short drive - maybe 2”-2-1/2” with a gear on one end and a short shaft-like projection with the square hole in it on the other.

Incidentally, mine was special only because it’s a commercial model with the 4.7 ratio rear end but yours should be much easier to find. Be sure to check the parts book to be sure to get the proper one for your year and axle ratio. It will probably have a different Stewart-Warner number than my photos shows.