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1. Re: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:07:52 -0400; Check the return spring. May need a shorter/stronger one. The only other thing, depending on what carb you are talking about, is alignment. If the cable runs crooked to the carb throttle lever, it m; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00423.html (8,601 bytes)
2. Re: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:36:42 -0500; Last time this happened on the list there was a bad engine ground so that the throttle cable was welding itself to form a ground.. just a thought.. Lester .. nice Mac sig BTW; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00426.html (9,397 bytes)
3. Re: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:02:00 -0400; Thanks everyone, It's the good old Zenith Stromberg carb. I was also thinking that the return spring might be too weak or worn out. Any suggestions for a replacement? Thanks again, John; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00427.html (8,988 bytes)
4. RE: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:22:19 -0400; My sticky trottle problem turned out to be the pedal. Rust had formed in the hinge that prevented it from coming all the way back, though it moved freely for the rest of its travel. -dnw --Original M; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00429.html (8,159 bytes)
5. Re: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:42:16 -0400; Oh Yea, forgot that one. -- Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu System Manager/Administrator Neuropsychiatry Section Department of Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania 3400 Spruce St. - 10 G; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00430.html (9,938 bytes)
6. Re: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:39:42 -0400; Check and lube the gas pedal rod pivots where it runs across the footwell. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00432.html (7,789 bytes)
7. RE: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:45:43 GMT j6PLm4E1031788; Have you the later "hanging" pedal or the early one activated from the floor, Cap'n Bob Basic Frog; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00433.html (7,290 bytes)
8. RE: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:38:17 -0400; It's a '72. The pedal is hinged to the floor. -dnw Have you the later "hanging" pedal or the early one activated from the floor, David? Cap'n Bob Basic Frog; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00437.html (7,756 bytes)
9. Re: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 08:35:06 -0400 reply-type=original; On my '74, though the pedal is on the right, the connection to the cable is on the left, via a bent rod riding in some sort of carriers. I've noticed that if I'm wearing big boots sometimes my left f; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00438.html (8,175 bytes)
10. Re: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:03:57 -0400; For whatever it's worth, I just checked my cars. Both the Sprite (63) and the Midget (74) have the pedal on the right. -- jay fishbein wallingford, ct <http://home.ix.netcom.com/%7Etype79/> http://ho; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00440.html (8,070 bytes)
11. Re: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:02:28 -0400 reply-type=original; Ahhhh.....but WHICH right?; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00445.html (8,025 bytes)
12. Re: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:22:44 -0400; I know, I know, but I just got the car running again after 3 years. The SU's or a Weber will come soon. Thanks, John; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00461.html (8,749 bytes)
13. Re: Sticky Throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 23:23:27 -0400; By the way everyone, the sticky throttle situation was, in fact, fixed when I unbolted the gas pedal, put some vaseline on the pivot points and bolted it back together. I also detached and reattached; /html/spridgets/2005-07/msg00545.html (8,469 bytes)
14. Re: Sticky throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 22:29:27 +0100; For the record, I cured my new throttle cable stickiness by: 1. Removing the cable and dripping some "3 in one" down it's length. 2. Removing the accelerator pedal, cleaning all the gunk off, and gre; /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00026.html (7,171 bytes)
15. Re: Sticky throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 16:47:51 -0500; Along those lines, I recently had occasion to cut up a few NEW (made in UK) throttle (actually accelerator) cables for Sprites, and every one was rusty inside. I wrote it off to a slow boat passage,; /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00027.html (7,491 bytes)
16. Re: Sticky throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 19:23:02 -0700 (PDT); Yet another plug for Peter - he made me a custom length jacket for my new and improved cheatin' dog Weber throttle linkage. __________________________________ Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time.; /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00035.html (7,022 bytes)
17. Sticky throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:28:19 +0100; Hi all, My throttle cable snapped last night on my way home. Bad news of course, but at least it forced me to change the throttle cable, which had been sticking for a while, causing: 1) Idle to go up; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00554.html (8,132 bytes)
18. Re: Sticky throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:39:44 +0100; Not sure exactly what you mean by tight. I remember when I was tuning the carbs, it seemed to snap back pretty well. I guess I could try again at the weekend - just warm up the car, get back in the g; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00555.html (8,071 bytes)
19. Re: Sticky throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:00:36 +0100; That is definitely a possibility, Bob. But what makes you so sure? Like I say, it felt hot. But so do most things under the bonnet after a long drive. A -- MG Midget 1979 http://www.antgel.co.uk/midg; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00557.html (7,321 bytes)
20. Re: Sticky throttle (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:54:34 -0400; Remove the gas pedal, take off the 2 pivots, clean and lube those pivots. One grain of sand in one pivot will cause unbelievable throttle problems. 2 bolts up above the carpet, unhook the cable and p; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00562.html (7,409 bytes)

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