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Re: [Healeys] Tach and Speedo Cables

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tach and Speedo Cables
From: Charlie Baldwin <mgcharlie@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:49:09 -0400 (EDT)
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Mike,


I had a custom speedo cable made for my MG TD with Volvo Laycock overdrive 
transmission.  It worked out great and excellent to work with on something 
uncommon like that.


Charlie

> On October 16, 2019 at 1:11 PM Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>       I was searching for information on Google about the recommended length 
> the inner tachometer cable should protrude from the outer sheath at the 
> instrument end as I am replacing the cable on my Bugeye.  The tachometer 
> stopped working halfway home from the mechanic (R&R the Datsun transmission 
> for bad synchros).  The very end of the inner cable broke off in the gear 
> reduction drive unit at the back of the generator.  Before installing the new 
> cable I seemed to remember that there was a caveat on how much the inner 
> drive cable should protrude to prevent damage to the tachometer.  Too long 
> and it would damage the instrument.  No telling where the repros are made 
> these days.  I finally found the info from a reprint of an old Smiths manual 
> on the Vintage British Cable web site. 
> http://vintagebritishcables.com/images/ServiceInformation2.jpg 
>     Lots of good info on this Canadian web site besides they make superior 
> OEM style cables instead of the (Chinese) foreign crap we are used to from 
> the usual suspects.
> 
>     Smiths Speedometer Cable, Smiths Tachometer Cable, British Custom Speedo 
> Cable 
> http://vintagebritishcables.com/Smiths-Speedometer-Cable-SmithsTachometer-Cable.php
> 
>               
>      
>               
>     Smiths Speedometer Cable, Smiths Tachometer Cable, British Custom 
> Speedo...
> 
>     Authentic Smiths Speedometer Cable, Smiths Tachometer Cable. Best Quality 
> Custom Speedo Cable, Custom Tach Cable...
> 
> 
>     Mike MacLean
> 
> 


 

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