[C2] Need to remove tach cable
Melting Slicks
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Not sure what year you are working on, but if it is a midyear, the answer is no. The cable goes in the casing from the tachometer end, not the distributor end. You should be able to unscrew the casing from both ends and pull the inner cable out and clean and lube. It is not much fun getting to the back of the tach, but it can be done.
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Not sure what year you are working on, but if it is a midyear, the answer is no. The cable goes in the casing from the tachometer end, not the distributor end. You should be able to unscrew the casing from both ends and pull the inner cable out and clean and lube. It is not much fun getting to the back of the tach, but it can be done.
64. Sorry.
I do do seem to remember the tach cable gets shoved through the firewall from the inside out. Much tougher with the car put together. I can get my hand to the rear of the tach but super hard to get leverage (and I’m not as good at standing on my head these days....)
tach stopped working. It’s rebuilt so I know it’s the cable. It was acting erratically just like a cable run out of lube. Then, nothin’.
im going to pull it, clean it and lube with graphite. Or buy anew one. I seem to recall they are cheap. I like my tach working!
Melting Slicks
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Yes, it is a pain to get unscrewed. Just FYI, I recently had to remove a dash cluster because the POS plastic tip on the tach cable had broke off in the tachometer. Needless to say, I was not going to install a new cable with the same plastic tip, so I went to local speedometer repair shop and had them make me a new cable which has the swaged metal tip like originals. Also did speedometer cable at the same time since I had easy access to it.
Melting Slicks
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64. Sorry.
I do do seem to remember the tach cable gets shoved through the firewall from the inside out. Much tougher with the car put together. I can get my hand to the rear of the tach but super hard to get leverage (and I’m not as good at standing on my head these days....)
tach stopped working. It’s rebuilt so I know it’s the cable. It was acting erratically just like a cable run out of lube. Then, nothin’.
im going to pull it, clean it and lube with graphite. Or buy anew one. I seem to recall they are cheap. I like my tach working!
Last edited by Donald #31176; Aug 23, 2018 at 04:32 PM.
