Hello Paul & Michael,
I bought a replacement for my choke cable knob (with cable to the block
serving 2 carbs) because my knob was old and worn. I was disappointed that
the replacement looked nothing like the original. So, I restored the
original knob by sanding it smooth and burnishing it back to life. Of
cource the C stamped and filled with paint on the original was lost by this
process so I made a "branding iron" out of scrap metal and reproduced the C
in the restored face of the knob and filled it with paint. It looks totally
original.
Richard Bittmann BJ7 Tacoma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Salter" <msalter@precisionsportscar.com>
To: "'PG'" <britishcars@shaw.ca>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 12:47 PM
Subject: RE: Choke pull
> Hi Paul,
> The "shield" that you describe is usually called the "outer" of the cable.
> If you are sure that the cable is routed correctly you have a bit of a
> problem. You are correct in concluding that the choke will not work
> correctly.
> The "little aluminium tube" that you refer to is actually steel and as you
> have noted is designed such that the outer of the cable will slide into it
> and keep the cable aligned correctly.
> I've run into this problem before and solved it by making up a "ferrule"
> especially for the purpose. This was a piece of 1/4" brass rod about 2"
> long
> with a hole drilled down the center large enough for the inner of the
> cable
> to pass through. One end of the ferrule is turned down to about 1/8"
> diameter for about 1/2" and this fits into the "little aluminium tube"
> which
> is actually steel. ;-).
> The other end of the brass ferrule is drilled out to about 5/32" for a
> depth
> of 1/2" and the outer of the cable fits into this. When this thing is
> correctly made it effectively extends the outer of the cable by about 1
> 1/2".
> All this work was designed to "save" an original choke cable assembly
> because the reproduction purchased did not have the "twist to lock" action
> of the original and the knob looked different.
>
> Michael Salter
> www.precisionsportscar.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
> On
> Behalf Of PG
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 11:16 AM
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Choke pull
>
> RE: BJ8
>
>
>
> I recently replaced the choke Pull/knob.
>
>
>
> However, the shield that the cable slides within is about 1" too short to
> fit in the little aluminium tube that comes through the firewall from the
> holder that the two carb choke cables attach too. (is any of this making
> sense?).
>
>
>
> While the cable itself is long enough, my concern is that if the cable
> slide
> does not slide into the holder, the cable itself will rub against the
> holder
> and wear.
>
>
>
> Anybody else have this problem?
>
>
>
> Thanks
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