[DeTomaso] Tic-tic-tic from my new speedo cable

[Rob Dumoulin]

Charles,

I gotta know how you have your ear next to the cable while driving down the
road at a speed where it starts to click. You got talent.

Rob

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:55 PM, CharlesMcCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>wrote:

> Confirmed that the routing is the cause of the clicking... I wiggled the
> cable a little and tried to straighten it.
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> The click is almost nearly gone - if i put my ear next to the speedo I can
> hear a faint clicking, but can't hear it when I am sitting normally. I'd
> like to eliminate the noise completely, but it's not easy. It is much
> better
> anyway...
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> Charles McCall
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> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
> Sent: lunes, 30 de abril de 2012 16:14
> To: guson at home.se; charlesmccall at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Tic-tic-tic from my new speedo cable
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> In a message dated 4/29/12 11 12 36, guson at home.se writes:
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> Probably some distance from the trans. If the problem was very close to the
> trans there would be no oscillation. Now the wire binds and tension builds
> until the binding breaks free causing the ticking.
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> In the short term, it will drive you nuts.  In the long term, it will
> break.
> The problem is usually caused at the most difficult point--right where the
> cable enters the back of the gauge.  On the late-model dashes it needs to
> make an almost immediate bend there.  You need to smooth that transition as
> soon as you can.  In the meantime, disconnect it at the gearbox end and
> just
> go by rpm and 'feel'.
>
> Mike (thankfully fixed his ticking speedo by having Lori replace the
> cable!)
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