tach cable angle
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Burning Brakes
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From: carroll ohio
tach cable angle
i'm getting ready to fire up the 71 this week if the weather holds up. was wondering if the angle on the tach cable was too much and would fail. had not hooked it up yet while i finished a bunch of projects. pulling the dist. back out is not a problem but if the angle is good i would like to let it alone. had read on the forum that if too much curve things would get ugly. thanks.
Last edited by cdw; Jan 18, 2019 at 08:30 AM.
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From: Westminster Maryland
Hi cdw,
I think that actually looks good.
Here's a blurry pic of my 71…. you can see the gentle curve is similar to yours.
Regards,
Alan
I think that actually looks good.
Here's a blurry pic of my 71…. you can see the gentle curve is similar to yours.
Regards,
Alan
Last edited by Alan 71; Mar 8, 2016 at 06:23 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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From: carroll ohio
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 775
Likes: 98
From: carroll ohio
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 31,172
Likes: 4,249
From: Westminster Maryland
Hi cdw,
What gets people in trouble with the tach cable is the position of the 'advance can' on the other side of the distributor.
People want to clock it forward of the bracket that supports the distributor radio shield …. this location was typical on millions of sb engines for years… but it put the tach drive/cable at a serious angle when the support bracket was added.
Rotating the distributor until the 'can' is BEHIND the support bracket puts the tach drive in a good position for the cable connection.
Regards,
Alan
What gets people in trouble with the tach cable is the position of the 'advance can' on the other side of the distributor.
People want to clock it forward of the bracket that supports the distributor radio shield …. this location was typical on millions of sb engines for years… but it put the tach drive/cable at a serious angle when the support bracket was added.
Rotating the distributor until the 'can' is BEHIND the support bracket puts the tach drive in a good position for the cable connection.
Regards,
Alan
