Snap! Odd accelerator cable..., 916-6 w/o bracket? Options

[ammason]

On my way to work today my accel. cable decided to snap on the one place on the freeway with no shoulder. I tied the carb linkage to a casette-tape adapter to a shirt that I fed through my passenger window and yanked on that to give me gas to get the rest of the way to work. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Normally I'd just replace the cable, but this car has something wierd... a second little lever just in front of the center console that acts like a manual throttle - almost like a cruise control. I haven't opened it up yet to see what needs replacing (I've got to drive it home like this tonight), but I wanted to know if this was something you'd seen before.

I originally bought the car from CAMP (running BEAUTIFULLY otherwise - still so glad I went there), and I think Craigh had said it was some kind of 914-6 cable that had been added... Do you guys have experience with this kind of cable? Is it a stock replacement part? What can I expect for the job? Any info appreciated...

Thanks!

Aaron

[Dave_Darling]

Use the -4 cable. I believe that the only real difference between the -6 and -4 cables is the length. Use the cheaper -4 cable. It is "probably" the one that was used on your car.

The hand throttle just pushes the bellcrank on the pedal cluster--in pretty much the same way that the pedal does. So the hand throttle is not relevant to the cable in any way shape or form. Ignore it for the purposes of ordering a new cable.

--DD