Stephen,
Mine was a low tech solution, but I believe I just bent the throttle cable
in a "U" shape past the holder. I'll have to crawl under my dash to be
sure, but it seems to have held for 2 years or so.
Michael
Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com>
Sent by: owner-tigers@autox.team.net
2003-07-29 05:47 PM
Please respond to
Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com>
To
Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>, "Tiger's Den"
<tigers@autox.team.net>
cc
Subject
Re: sinking throttle pedal
It's definitely just mechanical slipping... I can pull the lever under
the dash that attaches directly to the throttle cable with my hand and
rev the engine all I want. The pedal just sits there and mocks me. ;)
--- Steve Laifman <SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com> wrote:
> Stephen,
>
> Maybe yours does, but that is not the way it came. I am going to bet
>
> you have a high rise 4 barrel. Someone put it on without modifying
> the
> cable linkage properly - like I did! The cable broke, as did a few
> others on the list, and I limped home with a fast idle setting.
>
> I ordered the longer cable from Sunbeam Specialties, although Rick
> insists it isn't absolutely necessary, it certainly helped. I built
> a
> simple bracket to hold the original housing attach behind the left
> rear
> manifold carb bolt - the ORIGINAL LAT had a small piece that
> attached
> both left bolts to the base with a narrow shelf, was bent up along
> the
> carb for strength, then again (across the carb) for the mount. I
> just
> made a twisted "L". The original manifold mounted leg is not used.
>
> After attachment, and assuring the throttle plates are closed, you
> crawl
> under the dash and adjust the pedal motion and end stop so there is
> no
> tension with foot off, and full pressure to the floorboard stops the
> pedal travel with the pedal stop before any tension is in the new
> cable. Easy enough to break when you are excited.
>
> A look in the LAT section of TigersUnited.com will show the original
> LAT
> assembly, including this little bracket for holding the cable. They
> did
> not use a longer cable, so maybe Rick is right. Mine works fine,
> all
> exuberant strain taken by fixed stops, and NO splice on the cable.
>
> Steve
>
> Stephen Waybright wrote:
>
> >At one point during a short cruise the other day, my throttle pedal
> >sank to the floor, while the rest of the linkage and cable returned
> to
> >the idle position. I got home by reaching under the dash and
> operating
> >the linkage to the throttle cable by hand.
> >
> >I haven't torn into it yet, but it appears that the rod from the
> pedal
> >rides around another rod that actually pulls the throttle cable and
> >that they clamp to each other to allow pedal height adjustment????
> >
> >Bottom line is that I tried to tighten the nut on this clamping
> >mechanism, but the pedal still just slips relative to the rest of
> the
> >throttle assy. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> >Stephen Waybright
> >
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