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09-02-2018, 08:45 PM | #1 |
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Throttle cable
And so the day starts.....
I made a quick run to the Hardware store this morning. On the way the throttle stuck a bit I gave it a quick rap and all was good. I got to the store and popped the hood open and saw my throttle cable was fraying. This was no surprise as I was going to replace it. Now keep in mind that I have a new cable and gas pedal at home. Key word at home. Coming home the cable snapped! I pulled off the side of the road and "improvised" a new throttle cable, well throttle rope . Made it home and installed the new pedal and cable. So what is the reason of this post? If you know you have some thing to replace replace it!
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09-02-2018, 09:25 PM | #2 |
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Re: Throttle cable
Whatever works Sal!!
I had to use a wire coat hanger thru the firewall like that once. And used some orange road flagging for a fan belt. Got us a hundred miles home. Pedal looks good! |
09-03-2018, 09:10 PM | #3 |
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Improvise ..... its what we do!
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09-04-2018, 07:50 AM | #5 |
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Re: Throttle cable
Ya, one time I used some barbed wire and a horse shoe.
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09-04-2018, 11:10 PM | #6 |
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Its a Lokar knock off I picked up off of &bay. I ordered a chrome one but they sent me this one instead.. the seller was cool and gave me a partial refund.
Right? It probably worked better then my rope did ! Another in a pinch fix was when we went fishing and we lost the throttle return spring on my buddy's 67 C10. We wound up using the elastic off of his son's underwear.
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Is this sleepysal from the Ford Muscle website ? ( '07ish to '15 ish ) |
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02-09-2022, 11:32 PM | #8 |
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I was on there a while back when I had a 64 galaxie and 92 f240 4x4
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02-10-2022, 07:59 PM | #9 |
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Re: Throttle cable
When I was a teenager a bunch of us piled in a friends car (67 Comet) and headed to the city 2 hours away to attend a concert. While there his throttle linkage broke. I hooked up a string, sat in the front and worked the gas all the way home. I remember jerking the string beside someone at a red light while he yelled smarten up! Forgot all about it until I read this thread, lol.
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