Stuck speedo cable

[viridionplague]

So im trying to drop the tranny in my 1g and im stumped. im trying to pull out the speedo cable from the transmission and just cant get it to come out.

i unscrewed the fitting, pulled the bolt out. rotated the axles a bit both in gear and out. tried rotating through the driveshaft.

im just stumped on getting it to pop out. might end up just cutting the cable so i can drop the transmission.

any advice or neat tricks to getting this sucker out would be awesome.

 

[crazyquik22023]

Try grabbing the sensor with vice grips or channel locks and pull straight up. You might damage the threads on the sensor but you could probably pick up a new/used one for cheap on the classifieds. The sensor/cable could be rusted or something of that nature that is making it hard to pop out.