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Old 06-25-2013, 11:08 AM   #1
Keith Seymore
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Re: Why a manual throttle in a 72 Blazer?

I used mine as a "poor man's cruise control".

It worked pretty well as long as you were covering relatively flat terrain.

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Old 06-25-2013, 05:35 PM   #2
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Re: Why a manual throttle in a 72 Blazer?

I use mine to turn up the RPMs to get more amperage out of the alternator while I'm using my winch.
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