Case 830 speedo and tach cables.

What I have found though, is that the speedo cable is broken. It appears, however, that the broken end fell into the transmission, or someone already pulled it out. It wasn't there when I took the slip nut off.

What is puzzling me now is that it looks like the fittings that both the speedo and tach cables fit into are far larger than the square ends of the cables, therefore, the tach drive spins, but the square end of the cable just sits there with the drive spinning around it. It looks the same on the speedo side. The square end of the cable would be far smaller.

Is there supposed to be some kind of larger fitting crimped onto the end of the cable? It looks like someone wrapped the end of the tach cable with aluminum foil to make it bigger, but when the tack stuck, the foil just got eaten up.

I read in the archives that some folks get tach cables from NAPA. I would think this is some kind of universal kit? If so, does it come with the larger ends to fit in the speedo and tach drives? Or are mine perhaps merely "wallowed" out from the drive spinning around on a stuck cable?

Thanks for any info.

I checked with Huber's (I think it's called) online, and the repair kits..core/cable, end, and staking tool runs $20.00 each through them. If they are basically the same as an automotive cable, then they can be had much cheaper..

That's why I am wondering about the end that goes into the speedo and tach drive. If they are a special size, then the Case kits are it. If the drives are screwed up and wore out inside...then it's a differenct course of action.

Now that the sun has been up awhile and it's up to 25 degrees outside, I will have to go outside and measure the square cable end and see how wide it is..

The odd thing is that it would appear on this tractor that if both the tach and speedo drives were eaten out inside, they were eaten out about the same, which would seem impossible...

However, I don't have the drive end of the speedo cable to look at, since it was already broken away along with a couple of inches of the end of the cable, and is missing.

I'm not all that concerned about having an operable speedo. But a tach would be pretty useful.