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Re: [Healeys] off by 3/16"

To: Greg Mandas <gmandas@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] off by 3/16"
From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:09:38 +0800
Greg -

That's what the two circlips are for use with the throttle shaft in the
nylon bracket.  It is smart to purchase two nylon brackets, keep one in your
glovebox as a spare just in case the one on the intake manifold breaks.
 Incidentally, the slop in your throttle is potentially very very bad - you
don't want your throttle stuck wide open, you can fry your motor or pull a
Prius unless you know what you are doing.

Incidentally, I recommend to all that the throttle linkage on your cars
should absolutely positively be completely sorted per factory / shop manual
with all slop taken out - depending on the car's condition it'll take
somewhere between an hour to 4 hours - and you will be shocked at how much
power your car has at full throttle.

Alan

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Greg Mandas <gmandas@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Let's look at the other end. Could the problem be the bracket, moss part
> #121, p.44 spring/summer 2010 catalogue, holding #79.  On my 65 phase 2 the
> bracket holds #79 bearing, Which looks more like a gromet,  1 inch from the
> firewall. Also on mine there is a brass bushing on the linkage between the
> lever arm and #79. This bushing slides in and out of #79 as I move the
> linkage fore and aft.
>
> Don't ask why my linkage moves fore and aft so much. On mine the nylon
> bracket broke and there must not have been any available because what's
> there is the remanents of some shadetree handywork.
>
> Greg
>
> Sent from my iPhone so please excuse typos and brevity.
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