When you installed the cable did you lube it with graphite?

 

 

Is the needle bent a little bit and now rubbing against the glass?
That happened to mine. If so, place some spacers between the front of the speedo and the glass when installing.
I glued some nuts to the speedo face to keep them in position for installation.

 

Sorry, looks like I duplicated the thread>> .

 

Replaced speedo cable and purchased a tube of the cable lube from popular online Ford part supplier. Found within several months the needle acquired the jitters, I removed the cable, cleaned and lubed using lithium grease; found there are differing opinions on which is best. Anyhow seems the jitters have settled down but I failed to lube the felt washer that sets inside the speedometer inlet housing..

Anyhow, food for thought??

 

 

It looks like the end came off the cable and is stuck in the back of the speedo. Or is the end of the cable the same shape as the "hole" it goes into? It looks like the cable end is square and where it fits is round.

Was this a cable kit where you have to cut it to length and smash the end onto it?

 

Do you recall the part number on the replacement speedometer cable, if so, post the # perhaps member's can offer some suggestions?? I had an issue locating the correct speedometer cable for the 65 with the T-18, it appeared majority of the Ford part supplier's offered a generic cable but not specific for my application. Thanks to the help of members I was able to locate the correct cable.

As mention inspect the end of the speedo cable to determine if portion broke off, also check inside the cable housing.

The end of the speedometer cable end should be correctly aligned when inserted into the speedometer housing and make sure the threaded portion is aligned and hand tightened.

Anyhow, just tossing out food for thought?

 

After bench testing the speedo, I bought a new cable from Dennis Carpenter. It came with a metal sleeve and had no kinks or bends. The old one was only a year old, but I couldn't make it work. I pulled the new inner cable and dusted it with graphite, put it back together and after a few misfires it is working nicely. It was important to really tighten the cable onto the back of the speedo. Finger tight leaves about 1/16 of an inch for the inner cable to bounce in and out, which caused the jumping.

Thanks to all for the advice.

 

Thank you for the update!! Intend pulling the instrument cluster on my 65 w/in the next couple days, I purchase couple items to recondition the instrument gauges to include painting the gauge needles. Appreciate comment/suggestions regarding finger/hand tighten cable to the back of the speedometer, intend making sure connection is relatively tight during reassembly.