Hi all, on the subject of choke cables. A friend of mine has just bought
a new Nissan patrol, 4.2 turbo, intercooled, injected diesel. I had a
look inside and guess what? The low range hand throttle has a roadster
choke knob (new style). And the rest of the assembly is pure roadster as
well. Good to see parts for our cars being used in current models :-)
All the best all, Brian Rourke, Alice Springs, Australia.
Hi Dennis,
No sarcasm on my part... I welcome any fair addition, substraction,
alteration to methods I or anyone of my customers use. There is more
than one way to skin a cat. Dean
Dennis Currington <dcurrington@yahoo.com> wrote:
Now boys, play nice.......:-)
Dennis
"datsun parts.com" <datsunpartsdotcom@yahoo.com> wrote:
Your experiance is not everyones. And once again as I stated: customers
have used this method and some will continue to use this method for
removal, and if so, they should do it with care. This is what has been
reported to me and I firmly believe in listening to my customers.
It's good to know though you can remove it with your hands only. Thanks
for the additional tip I will pass it on to my customers. Dean
Stan Chernoff wrote:
Just tried 4 new ones and could remove and replace the knobs with
fingers
only. I have not encountered a good new one that required the use of
pliers when knob is being removed or replaced. Knob should be turned
clockwise for removal after compressing spring.
Wonder why pliers are needed since I am sort of weak and old and on
Medicare because of age.
I suspect that the pin could be pulled and the shaft threaded so the old
type knob could be used. The resulting glut of new style knobs could
cause the price to drop to less than one dollar.
Stan
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Be sure to hold the shaft with pliers that do not have serrated
jaws as, depending on where you hold the shaft, this area if galled, can
enter the plastic cam in the mechanism and bind the assembly when
closing. Try to hold the shaft as close to the knob as possible. This
has
repeatedly been a complaint with customers when buying a newer assembly.
Dean
Stan Chernoff < wrote:
The knob on the new assembly is mounted with a spring loaded bayonet
type
mechanism. Pull the knob out and hold the shaft and then push the knob
in
and turn it and then it will come off.
Stan
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On my 68, the choke cable had a removable
>rectangular shaped handle secured with a set screw.
>The new one has a round one with raised bumps on it
>and can't find an obvious way of removing it. Is
>there some trick to getting it off?
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