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Re: accelerator cable busted!

To: Josef Kurtz <kurtz@helix.mgh.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: accelerator cable busted!
From: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 11:05:34 -0500
Veey easy fix, Just disconect the cable and housing at the Carb, Pull whats
left of the cable from under the dash out, Remove the housing from up top and
install in reverse order. Carl E.

Josef Kurtz wrote:

> greetings all!
>
> it has been a while since i have written.  my interests have recently been
> more focussed on the newly acquired 1975 East Coast Fiancee.  to my luck,
> the 75 Fiancee and the 79B get along just great, and even appreciate each
> other.
>
> but his morning, Nikki (the 79B) had a small problem.  i started her up
> just fine, but to my surprise, she held 2500rpm (a bit high even for
> auto-choke).  but even more surprising what that the gas pedal never
> returned.  bent down, found that the pedal could be pulled back, and wasnt
> stuck.  to make long story short, traced problem to the accelerator cable.
> it had frayed and busted from the (i dont know the name) of the little
> throttle lever (opposite the end with the spring attached).  so, i propped
> the throttle open a bit so i could drive it home (kinda fun trying to
> drive at a steady 2500 rpm).
>
> my question, oh wonderful listers, is how easy is it to order the
> accerlator cable from victoria british and replace the frayed one?  it
> looks like it comes as a braided wire in the plastic guide tubing.  is it
> easy to snake it through the bulkhead and attached it to the gas peddle?
> do i need to also order the little cable clips (number 9 in VB) or the
> guide cable and seal guide (numbers 2 and 3 in VB)?  is there a trick to
> doing this?
>
> i would like to order the stuff so i could do the work this weekend.
>
> thanks for all of the advice in advance!
>
> joey
>
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> Josef Kurtz
>                                         jkurtz@alum.mit.edu
> PhD Candidate in 200?                   kurtz@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
> Program in Immunology                   1979 MGB:  Nikki
> Harvard Medical School                  "Safety Fast!"
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