Kees
Thats probably whats happened, the car has had only intermittant use in the
last two years and was stored from September to early march.
Derek
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
>
> As long as mechanical tachs are operated frequently they seem to go on for
> ever. It is just when they are not in use that the oil starts gumming up
> and operation gets difficult as you describe. Time for a service. Sometimes
> you can get away by dipping it in an ultrasonic cleaning bath followed by
> lubrication with clock oil. If that fails a rebuild is at hand.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
> Op 19-4-2012 10:11, Derek Job schreef:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Have an issue with the tacho on the car I'm selling. When I bought the car
>> 2 years ago the tacho was working fine. I didn't get to spend much time
>> with the car but when I finally did I noticed the tacho cable was wrongly
>> routed which made it very tight and possibly stretching it. I re-routed
>> the
>> cable and it was working fine.
>>
>> About two months ago when I got the car to my house I noticed it was
>> sticking at 2000 revs sometimes at 3000, anyway not moving freely. I
>> checked all connections, lubricated and I tested it using a drill attached
>> the cable but that procedure never got it to move even a tiny bit. When I
>> reconnected it to the engine it did at least move but got stuck again.
>> Decided to buy a new cable assuming old one might have been damaged with
>> stretching etc. Connected it yesterday and nothing, not even the tiniest
>> movement. At least it moved with the old cable.
>>
>> Any ideas? Is it time the tacho was serviced?
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Derek
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