For all tha pissin and moanin on the list - sounds like Toby got exactly
what he shoulda gotten. ANd made a friend to boot.
Larry
>>>>On 4/14/00 8:55 PM so and so (Toby Atwater) said. (And I quote:)
>Thanks for all your help... I had a friend help me out and I saw that when
>the pedal was to the floor, the carb linkage barely moved... very little
>throttle... I took it back to the mechanic and he was glad to fix it for
>free. Now my accelerator pedal actually resembles an accelerator pedal and
>not just a ON\OFF button. I just got back after a LONG test drive. It now
>scares me it goes so fast. I'm serious... its blazing fast. Like 10 yards
>burnt rubber fast. Its so fast I still haven't figured out how fast it is.
>It's QUICK!
>The mechanic (Roy) at East West motors is very nice and helped me out a
>bunch... I think he just forgot to check the accelerator linkage slack the
>first time around. But all is well and he pointed out some other things that
>were bad as well... Either I will fix those if I have the time, or the same
>shop will if I have the money!
>
>Thanks a bunch..
>
>Toby
>
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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