Man this site is great. Like I said earlier, I took the VSS from the 96 engine and swapped it out and I took it for a ride and everything worked fair... Shifting was off and the O/D switch made had no affect. I did a search on here about VSS and found someone else was experiencing the same thing. Went to the local junkie... picked another VSS from a 96 contour and swapped it out. Turns out the one I had originally was bad. Cranked it up and took her for a ride. Everything is now very peachy. So for everyone that is wondering if the electronic speedo will work in a cable drive contour... IT WORKS!!!!
Again Thanks for the help.
Greg