Actually the much easier way is to chuck the tranny end of the cable into your favoritre drill and then spinning the cable. You should see both the speedo needle and odometer move.
If it's not a broken cable, then you need to check out both the plastic drive and driven speedo gears in the tranny. Is the end of the cable set properly into the end of the driven gear? Are the teeth on the drive and driven gear OK?
Which tranny BTW?
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