nacanitihs

i jacked up my car to change the oil. i noticed oil on my h-pipe but i found where it was comming from. its from where the speedo cable goes into the tranny. i noticed the cable was loose and that i can pull it out w/o removing the clip it was not in the grooves on the cable plug thing. i took the clip off and i cant get the cable to to go fully into the tranny so that the clip will slide into the grooves. is there any trick that i can do to get it to go all the way back in? i dont want to just leave it loose like it was... i can take pix w/ my phone if you guys need them and im still currently working on it so id like to fix it today asap thanx