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October 11th 04, 07:20 PM
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Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article , Rich wrote: I sure would welcome counsel from people on this list who may have encountered this problem. Rich Why do you have to thread it through everything? Tach cables come in two parts: cable and housing. If you disconnect both engine and tach ends, you can pull the cable out and thread a new one back in, using the old housing. Be sure to use plenty of moly grease, to keep the cable well-lubed. BTW, any speedometer shop can make up a new cable, with the proper ends. Hmmmm... You've just offered a third alternative... replacing the inner cable without replacing the cable and housing (I had been figuring on replacing cable AND housing)... But what if there is a slight kink in the housing? Rich 
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October 12th 04, 03:41 AM
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Rich wrote: Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , Rich wrote: I sure would welcome counsel from people on this list who may have encountered this problem. Rich Why do you have to thread it through everything? Tach cables come in two parts: cable and housing. If you disconnect both engine and tach ends, you can pull the cable out and thread a new one back in, using the old housing. Be sure to use plenty of moly grease, to keep the cable well-lubed. BTW, any speedometer shop can make up a new cable, with the proper ends. Hmmmm... You've just offered a third alternative... replacing the inner cable without replacing the cable and housing (I had been figuring on replacing cable AND housing)... But what if there is a slight kink in the housing? Rich Generally, it is only the cable that frays and breaks, leaving the housing intact. You can get the cable made up at a speedo shop for less than $20 and have it in in minutes. If it breaks, then relplace the housing, too, but I doubt that you will have to do that.
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October 12th 04, 06:32 PM
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"Rich" wrote in message ... Hmmmm... You've just offered a third alternative... replacing the inner cable without replacing the cable and housing (I had been figuring on replacing cable AND housing)... I'll offer a fourth alternative, jerk that piece of junk from your dash and replace it with a digital tach. A cable driven tach is akin to a watch that's always fast or slow.
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