Hi, Bob:
Thanks for the suggestions - here is what I have found:
The cable centers are solid - not stranded. There appear to be no strands
sticking out to hold them up. The only thing is that the cable housings are
not mechanically attached at either end.
The cables are not all that long and may well have too much radius.
The choke mechanism appears to work properly. When they are held up
manually, the car starts right up! (Note: it is quite a feat to get them
up and push the starter button, too!!) I am not surprised, since the carbs
literally just came back from Jim Taylor for a rebuild.
Thanks for the input. Right now I am thinking I might be in for new cables
since it sounds like the stock cables should fit better in both the ferrules
at the carbs as well as at the barrel on the lever.
Al Fuller
Fuller Compliance, LLC
Quality Systems Consulting
Software Quality, Validation + 21 CFR Part 11
714.335.0248
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Haskell [mailto:rchaskell@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:27 AM
To: Al Fuller
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tri-Carb choke cables - securing
Al,
Sounds like the inner cable and outer housing are sticking together. Have
you taken the cables apart and cleaned them? Is the inner cable intact - no
broken strands or kinks that would bind in the housing? Make sure there
aren't any burrs at the ends of the housings that will catch the inner
cable. The outer sheath is to keep water (rust) out of the housing. I
trimmed the sheath off each end so that the housing would fit in the
ferrules. For lubrication, I used some Lubriplate grease that I've used for
bicycle cables.
Another thought - are the three cables going to the carbs nice and long
with gentle, large radius curves? If the housings are too short, then the
inner cables will bind.
May-be the first thing to check, be sure the choke assembly on each carb is
moving freely (without the choke cable attached).
Bob
'62 BT7
Al Fuller wrote:
> The choke cables on my '62 Tri-carb have been messed-about by prior
owners,
> and will not stay seated in the brass mounting on the carburetors OR in
the
> lever barrel at the upper ends. The result is that once the engine is
> warmed up and I want the choke back in, the cable sheaths jump out of the
> mounts at the carburetors and push away from the barrels at the upper ends
-
> allowing the cable centers to bow instead of pushing the choke levers back
> down, and as a result this holds the chokes open.
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