[Mgs] Throttle cable

Thomas Gunderson thgun at comporium.net
Thu Sep 30 04:55:19 MDT 2021


Thanks Barney. That is the info I needed.

Tom

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> On Sep 29, 2021, at 11:30 PM, Barney Gaylord <barneymg at mgaguru.com> wrote:
> 
>  Tom,
> 
> It uses a little pear shape bracket on the throttle cable trunnion.
> Then the larger bracket on the bottom stud of the rear carburetor.
> See here: http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/carbs/cb118.htm
> 
> Barney Gaylord
> 1958 MGA with an attitude
> http://MGAguru.com
> 
> 
> At 06:38 PM 9/29/2021, Thomas Gunderson wrote:
> 
>> Thanks to the guys that gave me insight on replacing my cable with a bike brake cable. Worked great. I went to a bike shop and the salesman did not wat to sell one to me because I was going to put it on my MGA. Not a bike. ?? He got the owner over and he sold it to me. 
>>  Now I want to replace the throttle return spring. I need to see a picture that shows the spring placement and the lower connection point. I think the last owner put the low spring connection point in the wrong location. The spring got extended because the lower point was under the front carb. 
>> Thanks guys,
>> 
>> Tom Gunderson
>>  1957 MGA 1500 rst
>> 
>> PS.. I talked to Moss and they gave me the wrong part number. Even when I gave him the location number in the Moss catalog and explained where the spring connected to the carb.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone X
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