Sloane;
I suspect many listers have resorted to using the "emergency" bonnet
release
mechanism as their primary release mechanism simply because they operate
more easily and reliably. In any event, my choke cables seem to be
well-routed....
they have just never moved very easily... Is graphite a more effective
cable lube
than liquid/oil-based lubricants?
Dave
im sloane wrote:
> Dave,
> I'm no expert on this (or any) subject, but I've owned a 69 for 20+
> years and never had any problem with my choke cables that would seem
> to require luberication. Might you have some other problem? The choke
> cables path is pretty much straight to the carbs, with little of the
> twists and turns the bonnet cable takes. And also, I've always thought
> of the emergency bonnet release for emergency (ie: broken cable) use
> only.
>
> Other opinions?
>
> Sloane :)
> TR-69
>
>> Hey List!
>>
>> Many of us use emergency bonnet-release mechanisms because the stock
>> release cable is long and, sometimes difficult to operate, not sliding
>> easily in its sheath. The choke cables are of similar design, though
>> somewhat shorter than the bonnet release cable. My question is, short
>> of totally removing these cables from the car to do the task, has
>> anyone found an effective lubricant for lubricating these types of
>> cables as well as a method for 'delivering' that lubricant down the
>> full length of the cable? I am primarily interested in getting my choke
>> cables to move freely (if that's even possible) I imagine may a console
>> plinth has been deformed by driver's trying to get their choke cable to
>> move... :-)
>>
>> Dave Friedlander
>> '74-Six
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