<VV> 140 Throttle Linkage for Ramon Rodrigues

[Rick Norris]

This is another way to discover the bellcrank pivot bolt under the back seat 
has rusted through!

Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com

>I had a 140/4 that also would not get full open throttle. I adjusted the 
>linkage
> several times and checked all the pieces parts and still could not find 
> the
> problem. Everything looked OK when I did it by hand back at the carbs I 
> could
> get full throttle but not by the gas pedal. I then discovered that the gas 
> pedal
> was loose on the pivot shaft. It would open the throttle until it hit the
> secondary carbs and then the increased load would cause the pedal to 
> rotate on
> the shaft with no additional throttle linkage movement. I took off the 
> pedal and
> all the little splines had worn off. I got a new pedal from Clarks and 
> that
> fixed the problem.
>
> Jim Bennetts
> Akron, OH
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