Re: {Chrysler 300} What lube for new speedo cable?

Thanks for your input, no lithium

On Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 7:26 PM Kevin deGraauw <kdegraauw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ron, I should clarify. LUCAS Lithium which has a synthetic carrier as its base with lithium in it. Not our granddad's white lithium grease. Also use very light coat as well, not slathered like a smoked brisket rub.

Kevin

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Subject: RE: {Chrysler 300} What lube for new speedo cable?

I would vote against white lithium. It has a tendency to gum up as it gets old.

NAPA sells, or used to sell, a small tube of speedometer cable lube. It was graphite particles suspended in light oil. I used that to repair the bouncy cable in my 58 Plymouth. I removed the cable and housing. Then extracted the cable and cleaned all the dried crap from the cable. I did that for the housing as well. The cable was then saturated with the lube and reinserted in the housing. The assembly was then reinstalled. I also added a few drops of light machine oil (3-in-1) to the wick in the speedo head. Still no problems after 30+ years.

Ron

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Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} What lube for new speedo cable?

Lucas makes a great tube of white lithium grease that you can squirt out a big blob and pull the cable through it, but I had the guy at Imperial Aervices tell me to wipe excess off, only need a light film of it to be effective, otherwise it will bind and spring around causing a wavy needle.

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Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} What lube for new speedo cable?

I have an old toothpaste sized tube of Mopar "speedometer cable lubricant", but I can't read anything on the tube about the contents. It appears to be the consistency of a combination of Lubri-plate and Lithium grease, but maybe that's because of how old it is? Instructions say to pull the cable out of the sheath and wipe down the entire length with this 'cable lubricant' and then reinstall. Since I have no issues with the cable on my cars, I've not tried it on anything I own. I think I got it from my dad, who passed back in 2005, and it was old when he had it on his shelf in the garage. He also had an aerosol can of Mopar heat riser spray for loosening and lubricating the exhaust heat risers in chrysler products. I remember him using it on his 70 Sport Fury and 73 Plymouth Duster. I used the last of it on my G and now it's just for display on the shelf in the garage. He was also an advocate for using Marvel mystery oil in both the crankcase and occasionally in the gas tank of his old Mopars. I had an uncle who always used STP, but dad never went that route. Memories!

P.S.- Living in New England with salt and sand on the roads in winter, he would also save a pint or two of used motor oil to generously apply to the inner rear quarter panels and trunk extensions on his 56 and 63 Plymouths. The rest he used to kill the poison ivy growing on the rock wall along the edge of the property. ;-)

On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM David Dumais <ddume300@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello All ,

I received an NOS cable assembly for the 64 300. It has correct rubber plug to seal into firewall.

In the past I hung it vertically and squirted Kroil down thru the sheathing and cable.

I can remove new cable and apply Lithium or Never Seize products.

What would be best for wire cable lubrication.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all.

Dave Dumais

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