>Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 11:07:57 -0700
>From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
>Subject: RE: oil, brakes and speedo cable
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>>> FWIW: the (new) tach cable in my TR3A was squeaking from time to time when
>>> I got the car. The original cable was in the boot. I lubricated the input
>>> axle on the tacho and greased the new cable, put it all back and it
>>> squeaked even more than before. At one point it squeaked so much that I
>>> tried to unscrew the cable from the back of the tacho while driving. I got
>>> to unscrewing it about 1/8th of a turn and the squeaking stopped. It has
>>> never squeaked since...
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>This has been reported before ... apparently on some of the replacement
>cables, the inner cable sticks out of the housing too far, and can bottom in
>the fitting on the instrument. The extra pressure on the works can cause
>all sorts of problems.
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>Randall
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If you use a too long inner cable for any length of time it will destroy
your speedo or tach. BTDT had to replace my tach.
Doug Hamilton
1960 Triumph TR3A
1963 Fiat Cabriolet
1967 Chev C/10
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