I also have a weber on my 74 B. When my accelerator cable broke I stopped
at the local Schwin shop and picked up a universal brake replacement cable
for $2. The guy said he sells quite a few of them for throttle
replacements. It fished easily through the existing guide tubing. The
whole replacement took about 5 minutes.
-----Original Message-----
From: Josef Kurtz <kurtz@helix.mgh.harvard.edu>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Cc: Josef Kurtz <kurtz@helix.mgh.harvard.edu>
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:04 AM
Subject: accelerator cable busted!
|greetings all!
|
|it has been a while since i have written. my interests have recently been
|more focussed on the newly acquired 1975 East Coast Fiancee. to my luck,
|the 75 Fiancee and the 79B get along just great, and even appreciate each
|other.
|
|but his morning, Nikki (the 79B) had a small problem. i started her up
|just fine, but to my surprise, she held 2500rpm (a bit high even for
|auto-choke). but even more surprising what that the gas pedal never
|returned. bent down, found that the pedal could be pulled back, and wasnt
|stuck. to make long story short, traced problem to the accelerator cable.
|it had frayed and busted from the (i dont know the name) of the little
|throttle lever (opposite the end with the spring attached). so, i propped
|the throttle open a bit so i could drive it home (kinda fun trying to
|drive at a steady 2500 rpm).
|
|my question, oh wonderful listers, is how easy is it to order the
|accerlator cable from victoria british and replace the frayed one? it
|looks like it comes as a braided wire in the plastic guide tubing. is it
|easy to snake it through the bulkhead and attached it to the gas peddle?
|do i need to also order the little cable clips (number 9 in VB) or the
|guide cable and seal guide (numbers 2 and 3 in VB)? is there a trick to
|doing this?
|
|i would like to order the stuff so i could do the work this weekend.
|
|thanks for all of the advice in advance!
|
|joey
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|Josef Kurtz
| jkurtz@alum.mit.edu
|PhD Candidate in 200? kurtz@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
|Program in Immunology 1979 MGB: Nikki
|Harvard Medical School "Safety Fast!"
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