1928 model a speedometer
 

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?

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

are you sure there isnt a broken off old piece in the back of your speedo?

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

That would be a Northeast speedometer I believe, it's an oddball and I don't think
new cables are available.

Bob

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

Was the Northeast speedometer an oval one?

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

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.

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

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?

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

I never heard of such a thing as both ends being female. In fact every cable I know has male fittings on both ends.

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

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.

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

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.)

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

OK, that's where I was lost also. I thought you were talking about the cable, not the housing.

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

So has anyone seen a cable housing with two female connectors for this vehicle?

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

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

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

That looks like the one I have. .

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

Delux Speedometer and cable in Denver Colo. can make one

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

What is wrong with your original cable housing? Bert's may have a used housing.

Bob

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

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.

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

The original housing and cable were not there when I bought it.

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

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.

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

Anybody out there know the kind of housing I am in need of?

Re: 1928 model a speedometer
 

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