Bill,
I was driving home when the gas pedal went to the floor, and the car
went to idle. Embarrassing . The "cable" broke at the carb. connection
dog-leg rod end.
I purchased a replacement from Rick, at SS. It was, as was the
original, a stiff wire rather than a "cable". It has been about 10
years and it works fine.
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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com
Bill Lawrence wrote:
> Tigers,
>
> I had the throttle cable break in my fairly stock Mk1a Tiger. Called Rick at
> SS and he promptly sent out a replacement unit.
>
> I noticed the angle between the inside connection point and the carb is a
> little odd. I am wondering if anyone else has a fairly significant bend
> between the two points, especially where the cable passes through the
> firewall?
>
> The broken cable was replaced when my Dad rebuilt the Tiger approximately 15
> years ago and I noticed some chafing on the cable housing where the cable
> passes through the firewall (grommet was missing) but the failure was
> actually on the pedal end where the cable end was brazed onto the cable
> itself.
>
>
> Bill Lawrence
>
> B9473246LRX
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