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carb linkage
My 69 K20 has the hard linkage to the carb. I need the linkage that connects to the carb to be about 3" longer.
The rod is right about 10" long and 1/4" diameter but it is a fine thread and I haven't found anything like it yet. Needs to be about 13" or so long. I see a couple options assuming I can't find a connector and some all-thread to lengthen it: 1. Cut it and weld in a piece of rod in the middle to keep the end thread correct. 2. Tap the piece it goes into to 5/16" and use a piece of 5/16" all thread. Let's here some suggestions or other recommendations. As always cheaper better but don't want to end up looking like a hack job. ![]()
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i have a longer rod that came off of brother's 70 lwb 350 truck. It is 1/4 etc.. If you are interested shipping will get it to your house. Harold
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Solution 1. Use your eyeballs and place a line in space between the carb linkage and your right hand in the cab. Drill a hole along that line. Then take a piece of baling wire connected to the carb linkage, through the firewall and dash so you can pull it with your right hand. Instant Throttle, and it's cheap!
![]() Solution 2. Replace the linkage with a cable. Solution 3. Weld a piece in the middle of the linkage. Solution 4. Take the truck back to the painter and tell him he didn't finish. Just be ready to streak next fall. :p
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Harold, I will pm you - thanks.
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Fabricate till you "puke"
Join Date: Jun 2002
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A couple guys posted pics a while back.....use all thread , with rod ends & slip a pc of tubing over the threaded rod to "clean it up". It will be a very slick looking & funtional pc (fairly cheap too)
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The rods are easy to make using 1/4" rod, threading the one end and drilling a cotter pin hole in the other after bending it.
The problem is that the fitting is not national fine thread but a different thread count so what I have done is rethread the fitting with a 1/4-28 tap. Jim |
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Why not weld a new arm to your firewall bracket that sticks out the 3 inches? Paint it and I think it would not be noticed,but that's just me
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i cut mine and welded a chunk in. but i am thinking about getting a peice of round stock and threading each end and threading on the ball joint swivel thing-ma-bobbers. (i think thats what they are called
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I get them at Summit for like 4 bucks each. They make real good throttle linkages when coupled with a threaded length of 1/4 rod.
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I rednecked my linkage with a length of coat hanger, slipped a bit of new brake line over it, & tied off the ends. A good "long-term temporary" solution.
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I used a throttle rod for a 1967 BBC Camaro (available from Classic Industries). It fits perfectly.
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