[Healeys] To Cable or Not to Cable

[i erbs]

there is a write up on jon's site www.Healey6.com

Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
      _______                                  _______
     (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
         (_________________________)
          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 3:01 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>       _______                                  _______
>      (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
>          (_________________________)
>           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 at 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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