My judicious setting of the carborator, I had my B set up with
inadvertant cruise control...it was a 76 with HIF's, I did not know what
I was doing so when I pulled out the choke, the car meandered up the
road at 35 mph with my foot dangling across the clutch hump.
Bill Saidel
'76 B running parts car for a rebuild to a 74.
Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
> Hmm. My immediate thought was that you could achieve cruise control in
> an MG TD by just putting a brick on the throttle pedal.
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> (ducking)
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> Kelvin
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mgs-bounces+doddk=mossmotors.com@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:mgs-bounces+doddk=mossmotors.com@autox.team.net] On
>> Behalf Of Bob Howard
>> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 11:11 AM
>> To: ccrobins@ktc.com
>> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Mgs] MG Cruise Control
>>
>> There is a TD owner in Florida who fitted cruise control.
>> He drives miles, as you do. Last summer he went from home to
>> Maine and back, and every summer he puts 3-4M miles on the
>> car. His is the only TD I know of that has CC. For him it
>> is of great benefit as the foot space of LHD cars is small,
>> and ones left leg must be kinked awkwardly to keep it off the
>> clutch. To keep it off the clutch, ones foot is jammed under
>> the throttle leg. A couple of hours in a TD w/o slowing and
>> shifting can develop remarkable cramps.
>> Bob
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