I have a cable throttle set up. I fabricated all of the parts and brackets.
Works easily, never hangs, never fails.
Start with a fabricated bulkhead type bracket immediately in front of the
original fitting on the pedal shaft in the engine compartment. From there,
the cable travels directly to the front of the engine, loops back towards
the driver but lays over the valve cover. Now the pull of the inner cable
is from the right side of the engine as the pedal is pushed. Fabricate some
sturdy brackets that tie into the carb mountings and establish a bulkhead
dead end at that point. The pull wire can then be connected to the
butterfly linkage with a fabricated cable clamp of the appropriate size.
Best regards,
Jim Hockert
Dallas, TX
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Jaap Aeckerlin
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 2:33 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net; John Sims
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Throttle? linkage
Now that you all are on the subject: Has anyone ever considered to replace
the linkage system with a Bowden cable and if so, are there any pictures
available? I'm getting fed up with the stupid linkage which always tends to
stick somewhere along the full travel of the gas pedal and would like to
change it into a smooth working set-up.
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
1964 BJ8 29432
2009/8/11 John Sims <ahbn6@verizon.net>
> My BN6 with HD6's idles just fine at around 800 rpm and the mixture is
> correct as far as I can determine. Problem is that when I accelerate the
> linkage sticks coming down at about 2,000 rpm and stays there. When in the
> cockpit, trying to raise the pedal with my foot does nothing -- it is
> already up as far as it will go.
>
> Under the bonnet, when I goose the linkage by moving the relay shaft to
> carbs, it comes right down where it should at 800 even running past 2,000
> rpm. If I hold this shaft open above 2,000 rpms, it will only come back
> down
> to 2,000 rpm and I have to nudge the shaft to bring it back to 800.
>
> What am I missing???
>
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
>
> http://www.healey6.com
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