63 tachometer cable

[Perry M.]

Does anyone sell the tachometer cable without the sheathing? All I can find is the cable assembly.

[Harry S.]

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Does anyone sell the tachometer cable without the sheathing? All I can find is the cable assembly.

Not sure I understand your question. Are you looking for the inner cable? if yes, you can have one made at a local shop. The 63 Tach cable came in two lenghts. There was one inch difference. No matter what cable you have the inner cable extends about 3/4 inch at the tach end and 1/4 inch at the tach end. Any longer and you get funny noises and run the risk of destroying the tach.

[Perry M.]

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Harry, could you please clarify your statement. I am looking for the inner cable only.

[Harry S.]

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Harry, could you please clarify your statement. I am looking for the inner cable only.

The length of the inner cable depends on the length of the outer case.

[John D.]

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Perry, The inner cable is not typically available by itself.
Harry said you have to have one made. Good luck on that project though. In my town the old stores that made cables and brake hoses are long gone. John

[Perry M.]

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Perry, The inner cable is not typically available by itself.
Harry said you have to have one made. Good luck on that project though. In my town the old stores that made cables and brake hoses are long gone. John

I am finding that out. In a city as big as Seattle, you would think that somebody would make them but apparently not. Guess I will have to purchase an assembly and hope that the cable is compatable with my casing.

[Harry S.]

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I am finding that out. In a city as big as Seattle, you would think that somebody would make them but apparently not. Guess I will have to purchase an assembly and hope that the cable is compatable with my casing.

The reproduction 63 gray tach. cables are longer than the originals. Therefore the inner cable will be too long for your original.

Get an accurate measurement of your cable, do not include the round nuts that attach it to the tach and the gauge. When you post that maybe some of us could look around after we figure what you need. As I said there are two different length original 63 tach cables, possibly 3 so we need to know how long the case is to build an inner cable.

[Perry M.]

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Pictured is my broken cable. It is, I mean was, 22 1/4'' long from end to end with the furrel at 15/16'' from one end. With the gasket installed on the cable it measured exactly 1'' from the end to the outside of the gasket. I haven't pulled the casing out of the car to get the exact length of it.

[Harry S.]

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Perry, this is why you have to be careful.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1963-1964-1965-1966-1967-63-64-65-66-67-Corvette-Tach-Tachometer-Shaft-NOS-GM-/370822348263?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5656bbfde7&vxp=mtr#ht_343wt_1081

I asked the seller how long the cable is and it's 23 3/8 from the end to the stop. That's 1 3/8 too long for my 63 outer cable.

[Perry M.]

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Wow. That would make it 2 1/8'' too long for my use. Thanks Harry.

[Edward J.]

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I remember years ago you could buy a inner cable for the speedometer cable. It was a cut to match. and had a aluminum end that had to be crimped to the cable, some research you may find one still a round. you'll need a good style crimping tool so it will hold the end and use a small amount of JB weld on the crimped end.

[Alan D.]

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The subject has been a recurrent problem over the years, lots of threads here.
And here are some of the problems -
63 1^st design, all 6409130 L= 25 1/8 ref: 65, 69, &72 Parts Book

63-64 2^nd design 6409507 L=22 1/8 ref: 63 July P&A

63-67 6476986 L=24 1/8 casing L=23 ref:72 Parts cat

64 3844016 L=?? ref:64 AIM, 67 Body Vol, service replace 3/66 to 66126

65-67 3866126 L=24 1/8 casing L=23 ref:65 AIM,65P&A30,



The cable lengths are all over the place depending upon just what year/month the car was built. It appears that the 24 1/8 was the final service part.

[Harry S.]

Re: 63 tachometer cable

The subject has been a recurrent problem over the years, lots of threads here.
And here are some of the problems -
63 1^st design, all 6409130 L= 25 1/8 ref: 65, 69, &72 Parts Book

63-64 2^nd design 6409507 L=22 1/8 ref: 63 July P&A

63-67 6476986 L=24 1/8 casing L=23 ref:72 Parts cat

64 3844016 L=?? ref:64 AIM, 67 Body Vol, service replace 3/66 to 66126

65-67 3866126 L=24 1/8 casing L=23 ref:65 AIM,65P&A30,



The cable lengths are all over the place depending upon just what year/month the car was built. It appears that the 24 1/8 was the final service part.

Alan, wasn't there another for 64 that had a beige case? I have two 63's with original gray cables, one is 22 1/8 and one is 23 1/8. The 23 1/8 is in the July car.

The measurements do not include the nuts.

[Joe R.]

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Harry,
I believe that you will find the 64 cables white in color and after 49 years of use in heat and oil they may seem a little beige. Maybe a lot beige! They were not beige! Those are just the old ones.

JR

[Alan D.]

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Sorry Harry & all, most of the numbers I posted are for the CABLE and not the casing however if a casing length was available its noted as casing L=xx, so its the number after the word casing. Those numbers before the word casing that are listed L=xx are for the bare metal cable.

Now the casing color for the tachometer; do not have good data as of yet on colors. Just to keep things confusing my Mar64 FI has an original casing, its Black! The 65FI at the Regional (looking all original) also had a black casing.