- 1. Sticking Throttle (score: 1)
- Author: James Gruber <thistle_3619@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 06:33:44 -0800 (PST)
- Bugsy got a present for Christmas of a new Gas Pedal to replace the old one that no longer wished to stay attached to the linkage. Rubber knob worn out and trashed and my attempts to rig up alternati
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00746.html (7,765 bytes)
- 2. Re: Sticking Throttle (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:59:05 -0500
- Remove the 2 pivot points at the toe board and clean them. Years of grit build up in the linkage pivots. Oil them up too. Also check for a frayed throttle cable, even a kink in the inner cable will m
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00747.html (6,620 bytes)
- 3. Re: Sticking Throttle (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 20:03:41 -0600
- Just be glad you are not dealing with an E-Type Jag and its 150 pieces to operate the throttle!!! As far as dashpot oil, there are more opinions than there are SU carbs. The fluid is a tuning factor
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00753.html (7,224 bytes)
- 4. Re: Sticking Throttle (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:22:09 -0500
- So Jag stole the throttle mess from the big Healey. I never could imagine why the 3000 had such a complex mess for a throttle assembly when a cable could do the same thing. Like a Spridget uses ONE c
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00754.html (7,035 bytes)
- 5. Re: Sticking Throttle (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:51:46 -0600
- Now, now, let's not exaggerate! There are about 55, as noted in Peter Egan's article "The Exploded View" in Road & Track of March, 2002. I haven't had time to count them myself... David Littlefield 1
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00757.html (6,971 bytes)
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