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| rosenfe |
 Feb 13 2014, 03:59 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 561 Joined: 14-October 13 From: northern california Member No.: 16,512 Region Association: None  |
when replacing throttle cable,do you pull it out from passenger compartment or engine side.what about install do you insert from cabin to engine.searched for write up here.
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| stugray |
Feb 13 2014, 08:05 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,825 Joined: 17-September 09 From: Longmont, CO Member No.: 10,819 Region Association: None |
loosen cable on engine end
pull cable down through engine tins lay out towards back crawl under dash. loosen locknut on throttle cable where it tightens against the "socket" end piece torque the socket to the side and it will pop off of the "ball" half of the "ball and socket". unscrew the socket & the locknut from the cable pull cable out the back lining & cable together. Install is reverse |
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| toolguy |
Feb 13 2014, 08:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,270 Joined: 2-April 11 From: San Diego / El Cajon Member No.: 12,889 Region Association: Southern California 
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before you pull the cable out of the tunnel, tie on a string, pull it out at the firewall with the string attached . . . use the string to pull the new cable back in with. . Point being, it's easy to get it wrapped around the clutch cable if you just shove it back in. . . If it gets wrapped around the clutch cable, the throttle will pull each time you step on the clutch. .
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| Elliot Cannon |
Feb 13 2014, 08:27 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None 
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| ehokana |
Feb 14 2014, 01:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 99 Joined: 11-August 13 From: SoCal Member No.: 16,237 Region Association: None |
Listen to toolguy. It's a pain when the cables get wrapped on one another. Little tricks like that make life so much easier
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| TheCabinetmaker |
Feb 14 2014, 06:28 AM
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I drive my car everyday Group: Members Posts: 8,304 Joined: 8-May 03 From: Tulsa, Ok. Member No.: 666 |
In fourty years of changing cables I have never needed a string to pull the cable, and never had a problem with the clutch cable. Being as the tube is just barely bigger than the cable, there is a chance of the knot getting stuck in the tube. Now that would suck.
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| Dave_Darling |
Feb 14 2014, 10:13 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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We have read around here of more than one person who wound up with the knot on the string getting stuck in the tube...
It's easier to do without the guide string. The cable is stiff enough that you can just push it up to the front of the cockpit. You'll have to look to make sure you don't have it wrapped around the clutch cable once you've got it in, but that only takes a few moments. --DD |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Feb 14 2014, 10:43 AM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
QUOTE(toolguy @ Feb 13 2014, 06:18 PM)  before you pull the cable out of the tunnel, tie on a string, pull it out at the firewall with the string attached . . . use the string to pull the new cable back in with. . Point being, it's easy to get it wrapped around the clutch cable if you just shove it back in. . . If it gets wrapped around the clutch cable, the throttle will pull each time you step on the clutch. . Will this stupid "tip" NEVER die? There's NO room for a knot to pass through the tube. Don't believe it? Listen to us laugh when you jam it all up and ask for help. The Cap'n |
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| toolguy |
Feb 14 2014, 11:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,270 Joined: 2-April 11 From: San Diego / El Cajon Member No.: 12,889 Region Association: Southern California
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Whoa, big fellow. . . . I said string not rope. . I use nylon upholstery thread.. . and tie it to the cable, not the threaded end so the knot isn't an issue.
I've spent enough time with a mirror and light looking back thru the tunnel trying to straighten out the cables to know to take this easy precaution. Just my opinion. . use it or not. . |
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