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Re: [TR] no-response/ gas linkage?

To: "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul@negia.net>,
Subject: Re: [TR] no-response/ gas linkage?
From: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 16:14:46 -0400
Paul,

I responded to your question (Gas Line Houdini).  It hit the list.

Terry


> Sorry, but this is a repost.  About twice a month I ask the list a 
> question,
> but, I get no response.  I figure it might be because:
> 1. the question gets lost in cyberspace.  This is substantiated by the 
> fact
> that I don't see it appear on the list (I think the digest version of the 
> list
> may get it somehow.)  Is this true?
> 2. nobody knows the answer, or at least dosen't care to post an answer 
> (I'm
> not condemning here).
> 3.  my question is unclear
> 4.  their sick of me and my assinine questions.
>
> Oh well, is my response.  I loose about 15 seconds of sleep worrying about 
> it.
> Am I on target for my no-response responses?
>
> Potentially I could loose alot of sleep if I don't heed a good response to
> this one:
>
> I don't know how I did it but years ago when dissassembling my TR3 I took 
> out
> the 2' accelerator pedal and shaft without enlarging the 1 1/2" holes in 
> the
> body just above the tranny.  The book shows this shaft will come apart by
> drifting out two tiny mill pins (which are barely visable and I know my
> alteration would definatly not be an improvement).  This shaft is held 
> solid
> by 2 plastic donut-looking white bearings which allow the shaft to pass 
> thru.
> If only I could pass thru the hole one of the metal bearing-half retainors
> then I would not need to take it apart.  And I am not Houdini so how did I 
> get
> one thru that 1 1/2" hole?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Dorsey
> TR3A


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