A few years back, mine died, found that the little cable connector (down by the tranny) had broken:
So I replaced it. The replacement broke!
So I checked the rest of the cable and it was all gummed up, so I replaced those parts (total of three sections...I think. Anyway, shortly the little one broke again. Come to find out the trip on the speedo wasn't working and it kept breaking them. Once I replaced the speedo, it was fine, still works today, although the engine no longer works!