[Healeys] Throttle? linkage

GUY DAY grday at btinternet.com
Tue Aug 11 10:18:12 MDT 2009


A throttle return spring.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Sims" <ahbn6 at verizon.net>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:54 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Throttle? linkage


> 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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