hasn't everyone had that same problem?
aaron
On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, scott suhring wrote:
>
> Brian:
>
> If the cable is breaking this means something
> is seiznig whilke the cable is still trying to
> spin, thus causing it to snap. This can only mean
> that the neck or gears in the tach have siezed thus
> causing the cable to snap. Order a new cable from
> Moss, install into distributor but not the tach
> and run engine to be sure cable spins freely.
>
> I had same problem with my speedometer.
>
> Scott Suhring
> Elizabethown, PA
> '70 TR6
>
> Brian Ricker wrote:
> >
> > I am having trouble with broken tach cables on my TR6. The cable was
> > broken when I bought the car so I replaced it with one from Victoria
> > British. Now after 2 weeks it is broken again. The tach works fine
> > with a slight noise at idle and the cable has broken both times near the
> >
> > distributor drive.
> >
> > Some observations:
> > There is very little excess length in the cable from VB. I had to route
> > it
> > directly over the fuel pump to get it to reach. I'm not sure that this
> > didn't
> > cause undo stress that caused it to break. Does anyone know if there
> > is a significant difference in length (1 - 1.5") between the various
> > vendors tach cables?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
> > 71 TR6 CC56818L
>
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