Two unrelated problems?

[Danarchy]

Driving to work today my speedometer started making such a LOUD Noise I thought the drivers side front wheel was about to fall off! (then I realized it was the speedometer!)
I go to drive the car again, and it will not start! No click, no nothing! It will start by jumping the terminals on the starter. So I am guessing the Starter Relay? It is a New (Standard Brand) Relay. I just rebuilt the 904 transmission and had to do some fine tuning to get the Neutral Safety Switch to work properly. Could this be related? I know it is a 49 year old car. Any input appreciated.-Thanks Dan

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1964 Dart GT

[DusterIdiot]

Sounds like it might be because the speedo cable didn't seat correctly after you removed the cable from the tranny speedo gear housing.

The way to test the issue with the neutral safety switch or the relay, is the pull the safety switch wire off the relay and make a jumper wire to ground that prong (this is similar to how the early manual tranny relays were wired).

Once the jumper is in place, make sure you have it in neutral or park and start the car...if it starts the tranny switch is off a bit if not then the relay is not good.

-D.Idiot

[Danarchy]

Thanks DI ! I read that in a post I found during a search, but it didn't make sense until you wrote it. (Ground the Neutral Safety Switch tab on the starter relay)-Thanks

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1964 Dart GT

[Danarchy]

Neutral Safety Switch must be off a bit, Jumper let it start! The speedometer must have been because it was cold in Texas yesterday.(in the 40's, in May?) Made no noise at all today. I plan to pull and lube the cable anyway.-Thanks Again DI!

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1964 Dart GT