1928 model a speedometer

mill48

mill48

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Hi, I recently bought a speedometer cable for my 1928 model A and it did not fit. It came with a male connector on one end and a female connector on the other. The connection on the back of the speedometer is male as well as the connection on the transmission. Is there such a cable with female connectors on both ends?
 
That would be a Northeast speedometer I believe, it's an oddball and I don't think
new cables are available.

Bob
 

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mill48 said:
Was the Northeast speedometer an oval one?
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Northeast made both, but yes from December '29 until June 30 it would have been oval.

Up until April 1929 an oval Stewart Warner would have been installed.

The cable for the 1928-30 Oval Speedo, speedo end was square, the drive end was keyed and round.
 
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I had the cable you describe, but had to return it as it did not fit. My question though was about the connections on each end of the cable housing. Does anyone know if there a cable for my speedometer where both ends of the housing are female?
 
No Sir. The one Mac's Auto Parts sent me had one male end and one female end on the housing. My situation is that I have male threaded ends both at the back of the speedometer as well as where it connects to the gear case on the transmission.
 
I don't understand your description. You say the speedometer has "A male connector on one end and a female connector on the other". The speedo itself only has one connection point where the cable joins. Are you talking about the cable or the cable housing? I looked at Mac's catalog and the cable and housing they offer is the standard Model A unit. Could you post pix of your speedo and your connection at the u-joint? (Make sure they are jpegs and less than 500k.)
 
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Is this the speedometer you have, notice it does not have a trip meter.
It is fairly rare as they only used it for about 6 months. The cables with both
ends female show up on epay once in awhile, you might try papanick see if
he has one Leonard Nichols (315) 287-1723.

Bob
 

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Here's the 1928-9 housing I bought from Bert's when I stopped there years ago. It has the common male and female ends. I wasn't aware there was another style of speedometer cable housing.
 

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That's the one I bought and returned. I have a male thread at the speedometer as well as a male thread at the gear case on the transmission.
 
Actually that speedometer is not correct for a 1928. According to the restoration guidelines it was only used from Dec.1929 to June 1930. It might be easier to get
a Stewart-Warner speedometer.

Bob
 
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