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Re: [Mgs] Throttle cable

To: Thomas Gunderson <thgun@comporium.net>,Mga List <Mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Throttle cable
From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@mgaguru.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 23:30:33 -0400
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Tom,

It uses a little pear shape bracket on the throttle cable trunnion.
Then the larger bracket on the bottom stud of the rear carburetor.
See here: http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/carbs/cb118.htm

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://MGAguru.com


At 06:38 PM 9/29/2021, Thomas Gunderson wrote:

>Thanks to the guys that gave me insight on replacing my cable with a 
>bike brake cable. Worked great. I went to a bike shop and the 
>salesman did not wat to sell one to me because I was going to put it 
>on my MGA. Not a bike. ?? He got the owner over and he sold it to me.
>  Now I want to replace the throttle return spring. I need to see a 
> picture that shows the spring placement and the lower connection 
> point. I think the last owner put the low spring connection point 
> in the wrong location. The spring got extended because the lower 
> point was under the front carb.
>Thanks guys,
>
>Tom Gunderson
>  1957 MGA 1500 rst
>
>PS.. I talked to Moss and they gave me the wrong part number. Even 
>when I gave him the location number in the Moss catalog and 
>explained where the spring connected to the carb.
>
>Sent from my iPhone X

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<font size=3>Tom,<br><br>
It uses a little pear shape bracket on the throttle cable trunnion.<br>
Then the larger bracket on the bottom stud of the rear carburetor.<br>
See here:
<a href="http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/carbs/cb118.htm"; eudora="autourl">
http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/carbs/cb118.htm</a><br><br>
Barney Gaylord<br>
1958 MGA with an attitude<br>
<a href="http://mgaguru.com/"; eudora="autourl">http://MGAguru.com</a><br>
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At 06:38 PM 9/29/2021, Thomas Gunderson wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Thanks to the guys that gave me
insight on replacing my cable with a bike brake cable. Worked great. I
went to a bike shop and the salesman did not wat to sell one to me
because I was going to put it on my MGA. Not a bike. ?? He got the owner
over and he sold it to me. <br>
&nbsp;Now I want to replace the throttle return spring. I need to see a
picture that shows the spring placement and the lower connection point. I
think the last owner put the low spring connection point in the wrong
location. The spring got extended because the lower point was under the
front carb. <br>
Thanks guys,<br><br>
Tom Gunderson<br>
&nbsp;1957 MGA 1500 rst<br><br>
PS.. I talked to Moss and they gave me the wrong part number. Even when I
gave him the location number in the Moss catalog and explained where the
spring connected to the carb.<br><br>
Sent from my iPhone X</font></blockquote></body>
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