[Healeys] Tri-Carb choke cables - securing

[Bob Haskell]

Al,

My fault, the inner cables are solid.  I was thinking of bicycle cables.

The ends of the cable housing aren't suppose to be attached to anything. 
They just sit inside the ferrules.

Bob

Al Fuller wrote:
> Hi, Bob:
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions - here is what I have found:
> 
> The cable centers are solid - not stranded.  There appear to be no strands
> sticking out to hold them up.  The only thing is that the cable housings are
> not mechanically attached at either end.
> 
> The cables are not all that long and may well have too much radius.  
> 
> The choke mechanism appears to work properly.  When they are held up
> manually, the car starts right up!  (Note:  it is quite a feat to get them
> up and push the starter button, too!!)  I am not surprised, since the carbs
> literally just came back from Jim Taylor for a rebuild.
> 
> Thanks for the input.  Right now I am thinking I might be in for new cables
> since it sounds like the stock cables should fit better in both the ferrules
> at the carbs as well as at the barrel on the lever.
> 
> Al Fuller
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Haskell [mailto:rchaskell at earthlink.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:27 AM
> To: Al Fuller
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tri-Carb choke cables - securing
> 
> Al,
> 
> Sounds like the inner cable and outer housing are sticking together. Have 
> you taken the cables apart and cleaned them? Is the inner cable intact - no 
>   broken strands or kinks that would bind in the housing? Make sure there 
> aren't any burrs at the ends of the housings that will catch the inner 
> cable.  The outer sheath is to keep water (rust) out of the housing.  I 
> trimmed the sheath off each end so that the housing would fit in the 
> ferrules. For lubrication, I used some Lubriplate grease that I've used for 
> bicycle cables.
> 
> Another thought - are the three cables going to the carbs nice and long 
> with gentle, large radius curves?  If the housings are too short, then the 
> inner cables will bind.
> 
> May-be the first thing to check, be sure the choke assembly on each carb is 
> moving freely (without the choke cable attached).
> 
> Bob
> '62 BT7
> 
> Al Fuller wrote:
>> The choke cables on my '62 Tri-carb have been messed-about by prior
> owners,
>> and will not stay seated in the brass mounting on the carburetors OR in
> the
>> lever barrel at the upper ends.  The result is that once the engine is
>> warmed up and I want the choke back in, the cable sheaths jump out of the
>> mounts at the carburetors and push away from the barrels at the upper ends
> -
>> allowing the cable centers to bow instead of pushing the choke levers back
>> down, and as a result this holds the chokes open.