JD 1530 tach drive

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ftyarker

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I recently purchased a John Deere 1530 diesel and have been going through it. The tach / speed gauge was smashed and the drive cable missing from inside the sheath, so I got new parts. However, when I insert the cable into the mounting hole in the bell housing, it does not engage anything. Is there a serviceable drive gear? I assume based on the location that the cable should be driven by a gear that's driven by the flywheel teeth, am I on the right track?
 
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Welcome to TBN

Don't have an answer.

Was that cable part number AT19905 ??
 
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Welcome to TBN

Don't have an answer.

Was that cable part number AT19905 ??
Essentially, an aftermarket equivalent from Steiner.
 
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Tach drives usually drive off the front of the engine, never heard of any that drive off a flywheel. Call your local JD dealer and ask them, maybe you'll get an answer, maybe not.
 
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Tach drives usually drive off the front of the engine, never heard of any that drive off a flywheel. Call your local JD dealer and ask them, maybe you'll get an answer, maybe not.
Tachometer on JD utility tractors built from '65-'75 are driven from rear of the engine camshaft via a driveshaft. Numbers in footnotes refer to numbers marked on camshaft.
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You know better than I do and I believe I stated that. OP stated the flywheel and I've never heard of any tach drive off the flywheel.
 
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Tachometer on JD utility tractors built from '65-'75 are driven from rear of the engine camshaft via a driveshaft. Numbers in footnotes refer to numbers marked on camshaft. View attachment 3285521
Thanks! That's exactly the insight I needed.
 
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You know better than I do and I believe I stated that. OP stated the flywheel and I've never heard of any tach drive off the flywheel.
I fail to see where you stated I knew better than you.

Tach drive on these model JD utility tractors attaches to flywheel housing therefore I understand why ftyarker thought tachometer was powered by the flywheel.

 
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'cause you have green and I don't..... You ever gonna get that 'New Member' changed????
 
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'cause you have green and I don't..... You ever gonna get that 'New Member' changed????
I haven't given any thought to getting my "New Member classification" changed because it doesn't bother me. I thought after several yrs of being a New Member the moderators of this forum would change my site member classification BUT I GUESS NOT!
 

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