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Subject:Re: A throttle puzzle
From:Mike Elliott
Date:Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:54:08 -0700

On 6/18/2006 12:50 PM Mike Collum wrote:
> The difference is ... he has a 4 speed and you have an automatic.
>
> On the 4 speed, the bolt goes into a threaded sleeve that the throttle
> cable passes through and the bolt snugs up against the end of the
> cable's solid end.
>
> On the automatic, the "Pin" that the throttle cable passes through
> doesn't grab the cable at all.  that's accomplished at the end of the
> throttle cable's spring with a little "keeper".
Well. That explains why some folks seem to have this handy and nearly
perfect place to affix their servo cable to, and Mellow Yellow doesn't!
Thanks Mike!

Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
KG6RCR