i just swapped new engine into my car and am anxious to start it up and drive it to see how badly i screwed things up, anyway my speedometer sensor thingy that drops into the tranny got messed up so i need to get a new one, meanwhile i want to know if by not having it in there something could get messed up, besides my speedometer not working....let me know asap cause i am waking up bright and early to get this thing running.

 

yes, you can drive! who say you couldn't? but yea, i driven without a speedo cable or a gauge cluster & it runs fine. your speedo won't work & your odometer won't work either. check engine will come on after couple of miles.


[Modified by ULTRA911, 12:20 PM 6/29/2002]

 

just make sure that no oil leaks out

 

I don't think VTEC works without a speedo.

 

anyone else know anything about this, cause thats what i swapped in, SOHC VTEC.

 

oil from where? the sensor?

you know what's weird, i could still hit vtec the time i had a broken speed cable, but i can't hit vtec when i had a broken speed sensor.

 

Yes, because VTEC requires that the speed sensor be functional, not necessarily the speedo cable or the gauge.

 

yeah, if the speedo cable is not in, you will have no vtec. In my b16 when I replaced my tranny I didn't push the speedo cable all the way in and the thing drove like a dog, and wouldn't rev past 6500 or so, then a few minutes I threw a cel. I went back to my house, checked the code, and sure enough it was the vehicle speed sensor. Pushed in the speedo cable a little more, and voila - vtec.