<VV> cables - throttle, in this case

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

I built a throttle cable for my 4-barrel carb. out of cable, shower door  
pulleys,  wire-rope clamps, and angle iron, all from my local hardware  store 
in Dallas. Took time with the pulley adjustment--it lasted over 20 years  
without trouble.
 
Scotty from Hollyweird
 
 
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In a message dated 4/21/2013 11:19:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
jaysplace at laserpubs.com writes:

Funny,  after all the discussion of clutch cables.
Mine is automatic, but when I  converted I used a cable for the throttle.
It was just some stranded steel  cable of no particular heritage, and it 
finally failed today.

The  smallest stranded cable at Home Depot is substantially larger, but 
the  individual strands might be smaller than the old one.
So, for about $3.50  it has a new cable, and I'll see how long this one 
goes.

- the other  was in service for 3 1/2 years, and had shown distress and 
fraying for  probably six months.
I hadn't quite gotten a round tuit yet.
(  re-routed cable through access door and tied it together, easy limp 
home  at normal speeds )

--  
Jay

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