throttle cables, where to buy?

[texanidiot25]

Where can I buy a replacement throttle cable for a '69? Autozone, O'Rielly's, NAPA, none carry it. The O'Rielly's girl even looked into the old books and called a few venders and none carry that part number any more.

Need the one that snaps onto the ball stud of the carb, and then has a bare cable that attatches to the pedal linkage. And I'm not interested in swapping to a '72 throttle setup at this point.

[john]

I think you will be on your own if you want a cable,as 69's had a rod. Probably have to chop up a cable setup from a later truck.

[texanidiot25]

Eh? Then where did this come from?



This is what was on my cab when I got the truck years ago, and snapped right onto the ball stud of the carb.

[john]

Appearantly the P.O. hacked up a later cable.Good luck with it.

[texanidiot25]

Strange... But when I've called up parts shops, they know exactly what I'm talking about (as the piece pictured above). The old guy at autozone (1st time I've had real help) and the girl at o'reilly's who went threw thier books said this is what they'd normally have if it was in stock. A cable that snaps onto a ball stud on the carb, and then is bare cable at the other end for the throttle linkage... maybe at somepoint they quit selling linkages and used this in their place for safety... I dunno.

Or any leads as to what that piece came from.

[nsuengineer06]

Try Lokar, they are expensive, but have lots of stuff.. Might have something that would work for your application.

[texanidiot25]

Not like this, I looked a few days ago. I need something cheap right now. Low budget daily driver, and saving up to do my cab swap. Just want a replacement so I don't have to run the clothes hanger linkage...

[LiMiT44]

FYI
According to my LMC catalog 67-70 accelerator rod, 71-72 accelerator cable. It does list three cable, 350 2wd, 350 4wd, 402. The drawing is similar to your picture.

[71 super]

Someone has modified your truck at some point. As others have said, rod from 67-70, cable in 71 and on. If you have seen the lift stop kits from GM, they were made as a recall as there was a real problem around 69 with motor mounts breaking and causing the throttle rod to stick at WOT. The lift stop was put on as a preventive measure to stop the accidents. The move to a cable was an attempt to prevent the problem later. Your 69 originally had a rod.

[Green Machine]

You can see that that plastic sleeve is not needed but the sleeve is used on an actual cable setup. You have just an end of a cable, grafted from something else.

Heres a plan - go to the parts board and get a linkage rod from a 70 or older with a q jet, they really did not use a cable, then remove the ball stud from the carb, and repalce it with this handy piece from Summit http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MRG-1512/. Tighten it on the rod and you are done. Thats what we use on the edelbrock carbs and it works great.

Or this looks great too http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MRG-3812G/. Just add a piece of threaded rod and you are good to go !

[BCOWANWHEELS]

my 69 and 70 both have rods and there factory 4 sure

[rbeau30]

My '71 has a cable looks much like a bike brake cable, that comes out of a rod that houses the pull knob. The other end of the "Bike cable" goes directly to the gas pedal.

Quite rudimentary, but I guess it works. I told my girlfriend that if she is ever driving my truck to never pull it out. (horrifying scenarios come to mind)

[71tahoe]

Originally Posted by rbeau30

My '71 has a cable looks much like a bike brake cable, that comes out of a rod that houses the pull knob. The other end of the "Bike cable" goes directly to the gas pedal.

Quite rudimentary, but I guess it works. I told my girlfriend that if she is ever driving my truck to never pull it out. (horrifying scenarios come to mind)

I'm having a difficult time picturing this so:

[rbeau30]

Originally Posted by 71tahoe

I'm having a difficult time picturing this so:

I'll post some pics when I get home from work Not to fear!

[texanidiot25]

I ended up going to the junk yard and sourcing another throttle cable that snapped on a ball stud. The yard owner didn't even know exactly what it was from, but he said look in old ford trucks. And it's where I found one

[71 super]

rbeau30 it sounds like what you are describing is a manual throttle. Is the knob mounted on the instrument cluster? If so do no pull it straight out, it is designed to twist out to set the throttle, if you pull it you can rip it apart and they can be sorta hard to come by.

[rbeau30]

Originally Posted by 71 super

rbeau30 it sounds like what you are describing is a manual throttle. Is the knob mounted on the instrument cluster? If so do no pull it straight out, it is designed to twist out to set the throttle, if you pull it you can rip it apart and they can be sorta hard to come by.

Yes it is on the instrument cluster, I don't see many trucks or pictures of interiors on here with that option on it. It is on my SPID so when I start with the interior I am going to have to restore it with the throttle knob there.

It functions yes, I did notice that it twists, good thing when I was experimenting that I decided to twist it instead of pull it, it does look like it is sorta fragile. I'll put some pictures up today at lunch, yesterday it was raining like crazy here and wasn't able to get outside.

I guess I misunderstood the title of the thread. And you guys are discussing actuall throttle cables and not Manual Throttle cables.

[rbeau30]

Okay here are the pics: Yes it is a Manual throttle.

The first one is the dash cluster with the knob screwed out partially.
The second one is behind the dash cluster showing what the little stick thing looks like that the cable comes out of.
The third one is the cable where it attaches to the gas pedal.
The fourth is the whole gas pedal assembly with the cable attached to it.

It all reminds me to a bike cable that goes to a brake on the rims of the tire. LOL

[texanidiot25]

Their rare? There's one in a '69 burb in my local yard. I thought it was some ghetto-rigged cruise control honestly.

[toddtheodd]

Is that like... some sort of old fashioned cruise control?

[rbeau30]

Originally Posted by toddtheodd

Is that like... some sort of old fashioned cruise control?

You know what I was thinking is that it may be helpful to have it for starting in cold weather, maybe it would assist in cold weather starting or perhaps maybe would assist in an accessory that is attached to the truck that is controlled by the throttle speed.

Wierd.

[toddtheodd]

Originally Posted by rbeau30

You know what I was thinking is that it may be helpful to have it for starting in cold weather, maybe it would assist in cold weather starting or perhaps maybe would assist in an accessory that is attached to the truck that is controlled by the throttle speed.

Wierd.

I use my manual choke for the cold weather starts. It's aftermarket, but at the... chokage it likes, it's opening the carb a little bit and putting me right at about 1200 rpms...

I hate cold starts...

[rbeau30]

I just got an e-mail from my grandfather, he remembers it being a rudimentary cruise control. He remembers installing them on other cars for customers back then. He said they are quite dangerous.

[wjr]

I just had the same issue and what I did was robbed a cable from an old buick,jeep cj's have a similar cable but some are longer.And you may have to slit the top of pedal rod because of different plastic insert on the cables but mine is working fine.Good luck

[69heavychevy]

i used a universal throttle cable set-up that you can at any oreilly's or auto zone. its the mr. gasket brand i believe, not top of the line stuff but it works.