Re: [Healeys] To Cable or Not to Cable

[i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com>]

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I built a cable system, but I also have a Smitty 5 speed and updated to HD8
carbs. My OEM system needed to be rebuilt due to failed bits and bobs, so I
went with a more direct cable system
Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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          BT7 engine and disk brakes


1967 MGB  [image: MG]

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words


On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 2:18 PM Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
wrote:

> I am trying to finish the installation of all the things in the engine bay
> that need to go in before dropping the engine in for the first time.  One
> of thethings I am working on now is the throttle connection to the gas
> pedal.  Do I use the Rube Goldberg linkage setup with the kick down feature
> for the overdrive, or do I go the a cable conversion and simply turn the
> overdrive on and off with the switch on the dash?  Anyone have experience
> with a cable conversion can tell how it worked out?
> Mike MacLean
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9;Times New Roman&#39;,serif">=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 (______ \____1959 BN4____=
/ _______)</span><br style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif">=
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=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 (_________________________)</span></div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 BT7 engine and disk brakes</div><div><br></div><di=
v><br></div><div>1967 MGB =C2=A0<img src=3D"http://www.britishcarspecialist=
s.com/assets/images/MG_emblem.jpg" alt=3D"MG"></div><div><br></div><div><sp=
an style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helv=
etica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">A racing car is an animal with a tho=
usand adjustments. Mario Andretti</span><br></div><div>Please excuse random=
 auto corrects and misspelled words</div></div></div></div></div></div></di=
v></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></d=
iv><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On =
Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 2:18 PM Michael MacLean &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rrenginee=
r.mike@att.net">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote=
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lid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-family:times=
 new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir=3D"ltr">I am tryin=
g to finish the installation of all the things in the engine bay that need =
to go in before dropping the engine in for the first time.=C2=A0 One of the=
things I am working on now is the throttle connection to the gas pedal.=C2=
=A0 Do I use the Rube Goldberg linkage setup with the kick down feature for=
 the overdrive, or do I go the a cable conversion and simply turn the overd=
rive on and off with the switch on the dash?=C2=A0 Anyone have experience w=
ith a cable conversion can tell how it worked out?</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Mi=
ke MacLean<br></div></div></div>___________________________________________=
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