On the other hand, I broke my tachometer cable that way a couple of years
ago. It jumped up and down, then stopped. I also had the tachometer
fixed. I don't know if that was part of the problem as well, but it works
just fine now.
Jim Ruwaldt
'72 TR6 CC79338U
Bloomington, IN
On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Trevor Boicey wrote:
> Mark Stahlke wrote:
> > This morning I started my TR6 in below freezing weather and the tach (or
> > cable) made a loud buzzing sound. The tach was pegged when it should have
>read less
> > than 2K rpm. Is it time for a new cable or worse?
>
> This was the way my old Corolla used to tell me when the
> temperature was below -30, except mine was the speedo. Nothing
> like burying the needle in first gear. ;>
>
> I think it's just the grease hardening or freezing
> somehow. After a few blocks it goes away, as if the friction
> makes it warm again.
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey
> Ottawa, Canada
> tboicey@brit.ca
> http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>
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