can anyone tell me where the speed sensor is located? and how to replace it thanks

 

top of the trans

 

hmm, how hard is it to get to cause i need to replace mine,it says im goin around 80 when i am only goin 60, but when i have friends in the car and there like how fast does ur car go 0-60 in it makes it seem like its only taking us about 2 seconds

 

smbdy has secretly installed a 900hp engine at nighttime. be careful.

 

The speed sensor is very easy to replace - one 10mm/phillips head screw and it comes right out.
On a VG Auto, it's located on top of the transmission, back side of the engine, just below the oil filter. Take some engine degreaser and clean that part of the tranny before you replace it so junk doesn't go into the transmission when you pull it out.
Part should be about $80 new from any of several online parts places. But you'll want to pull yours first to make sure it's not just the gear worn out. You can purchase that seperately and it's a lot cheaper.
You'll have to take the little nylon drive gear off your old one to put on the new -- they don't come with the gear. Be VERY careful of the little retaining clip on the end when you take it off -- it can fly amazingly far, never to be found again.
My advice is to put the sensor into a large clear plastic bag (like a bread bag) and work with your hands inside that. It will attempt to fly off several times when installing on the new unit and those things can be difficult to find.
Question: what makes you believe it's the speed sensor and not the speedometer head that is the problem? I replaced a perfectly good speed sensor only to find out that the speedometer itself was bad.

Best of luck. I'm going camping for the weekend.

 

hey geerhed - thats a great idea to use a plastic bag. back when i worked as a mechanic, we used to call the clips jesus clips because you were always hearing someone yell out "JESUS - there goes another one!"