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Re: [TR] Authentic choke cable, TR4

To: "Brian Jones" <banc8004@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Authentic choke cable, TR4
From: "Chris Simonsen" <ccsimonsen@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:18:16 -0500
sounds like you have the authentic cable already.....

On Jan 24, 2008 5:32 AM, Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net> wrote:

> The choke cable on my TR4 does not lock in position. Like many, I use
> a crocodile clip to hold it at a setting while the car warms up. The
> cable is also hard to pull, such is its condition.
>
> I would like a cable that locks when rotated, and pulls easily.
>
> I recently used a gift voucher for Vicky Brit to order a choke cable,
> and was surprised to receive something quite unlike anything on my dash.
>
> The VB choke cable carries a huge molded rubber block for the knob.
> Rather than Triumph equipment,this knob would sit better on a back hoe
> or a blacktop spreader. The choke knob on my lawn tractor is far more
> elegant.
>
> The VB locking mechanism works - not by notches in the cable lead, but
> because the head connected to the knob is curved through the first 4"
> - rotating it stresses the curve and locks the cable in place.
>
> Is there a source for a TR4-correct choke cable that reliably locks?
> Or can the locking mechanism on an old cable be 'refreshed'.
>
> The Vicky Brit item isn't going near my car.
>
> Brian in Valley Forge.
> 1963 TR4 CT 14455 L
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