You should be able to just install the speedo cable and be fine, that is how mine is and all it does is bounce a little. Mine had the same thing, ended up needing both a speedo cabe and a speedometer. Go to Autozone and look for the speedo cable from a 1978 Chevrolet K-10 without cruise, they will show 3 different ones or so, ask for the longest one and use it, it is like 100 inches or so. That is what I am running now, the slightly shorter one will break as you would have to bend it to get it to fit at all. The cable will run you about $13.00 or so.