noisy tach cable

[Dave]

It sometimes tics like crazy.  It's gone away, now back big time.  I unfastened at engine, removed cable, cleaned and lubed with wd40 equivalent.  Any better ideas, the cable looks fine, but I'd rather have no tach that a loud one (automatic trans)

[Atazman]

I went through this exercise of lubing the tach cable.  It did nothing for me.  I eventually pulled the tach out, took it apart and greased it up good.  That has been over a year ago and it is totally quiet right now. 

Like you.... my tach was so noisy that I disconnected the cable and ran without a tach for quite some time.

[Dave]

Thanks for the insight.  It's probably the tach, not the cable.  I'll bag the cable, and next time I have the dash out, go after the tach.  Too bad I had some of it out this year when I put in a new stereo.  Why couldn't the tach make noise then?  Oh well, that's the way it always goes.....