914-6 conversion accelerator linkage, How best to modify? Options

[ber914]

Hi

The next problem I have picked up on my new (to me) 914-6 conversion is the accelerator cable and linkages. Whoever did the conversion did a terrible job of just bringing a cable up all the way from under the engine up to the carbs by bending it and holding it with brackets. Not very effective at all.

Any suggestions as to the most effective way of hooking the whole mechanism correctly?

[Dave_Darling]

Rich Johnson sells a stock-six type bellcrank setup. You do have to drill and tap a hole in the intermediate plate, so it's not exactly for the squeamish or fumble-fingered. It also requires using the 914-6 throttle cable, which is shorter than the -4 one... But it is what the six used.

Pelican sells a bolt-on bellcrank setup that uses the -4 throttle cable.

There are probably other people selling similar parts, and there are probably other solutions. Those are the two that jump most immediately to my mind.

--DD