I go through one cable a year on my A which also has a Weber. I have also
used bicycle cables but instead of buying them I cut them off bicycles I
find in the garbage. To be on the safe side I carry a length of 1/16"
aircraft cable and some lead cable stops. Both of these items can be
bought at most hardware stores or places like Home Depot. Being stranded
with a broken cable and having to hook an electric cord that you pull by
hand is not a lot of fun. One other way to get home is turn the idle
screw up. It's crude but works.
...Art
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Paul Tegler wrote:
> Atleast on my Weber (no longer on OB, switched back to SU's)
> the cable casing end at the carb, was screwed into the mounting
> none of the standard throttle cables for an MG were ever implemented like
> that. You could actually go to any local bicycle shop or motocycle
> shop and buy a brake cable with similar ends on it and just replace the inner
> cable and retain the present outer casing. This would greatly simplify
> reinstallation. just feed the inner cable up through the casing
> from the gas padal end and your back in business.
> A lot cheaper too! The cable I replaced this way, actually had more stands
> of wire in it and was more flexible.
> As far as length is concerned, if its too long, after you get it all
>installed,
> and clamped down, just cut off the extra length.
>
> Paul Tegler
> Twin 73' MGB GTs YB and OB
> YB born 8/72 (Primrose Yellow) Yellow BGT
> OB born 1/73 (Blaze Red) Orange BGT
> email: wizardz@amdyne.net
> http://www.amdyne.net/~ptegler/mgmain.htm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josef Kurtz <kurtz@helix.mgh.harvard.edu>
> To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:10 AM
> Subject: accelerator cable cont..
>
>
> i forgot to mention that i have a weber carb.
>
> thanks
> joey
>
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> 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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