[FC] Corvanatics Digest, Vol 113, Issue 1

[Fred Adler]

My 61 Rampside has levers at the pedal and cable coming through the firewall to carb levers.  It is sloppy if you pushed the pedal too quckly off a stop killing engine so i fooled with tightening cable and getting new pedal and moving it a bit so it snapped into ball at driver floor mire squarely.  Mine had holes all over the floor like predecessors bought wrong pedals and moved them around 

Fred

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>   1. Early 1961 Rampside Accelerator Cable (Jon Hobbs)
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> From: Jon Hobbs <hobbsjon at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [FC] Early 1961 Rampside Accelerator Cable
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> It looks like my 1961 Rampside is what has been called an "early 61". I
> base this on the way the brake hoses brackets are situated and the
> accelerator cable brackets (front, under cab). In rebuilding the Rampy, it
> is clear that the PO had adapted (jerry-rigged!) a different accelerator
> cable.  It is not functional, and I now have to think about going back to
> stock or trying to adapt a later design. From what I can find in the manual
> and Clark's diagrams, the early 61 cable stopped at the transmission, and
> actuated a rod, which in turn was connected to the carb crossover shaft. My
> 1964 Greenbrier has a cable that goes all the way from under the cab to the
> carb cross-shaft.
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> In researching my options, it looks like I can try to adapt a later FC
> accelerator cable OR I can try to get the original setup to work. I have
> never driven an early 1961, but I'm worried that the throttle might feel
> sloppy with the combination of levers, cable and rod. I like the throttle
> feel of my 1964 Greenbrier.
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> Can anyone advise me about the pros/cons of trying to reestablish the
> original linkage vs. trying to adapt a later one?
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> Thank you in advance!
> 
> Jon
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