When I pulled the air cleaner from my newly acquired '52 228 I found this: The Manual throttle cable was disconnected from the carb, but had two cable stops installed. I'd like to get the manual throttle working so I can use it to boost the idle speed from the stock 350 RPM to around 600 RPM when idling with the air conditioning on. My first thought was to clamp A into B and run C through the hole occupied by the cotter pin in D. But the vertical motion of throttle rod E is larger than the amout of bare wire C so I wouldn't be able to get full throttle from the foot feed. Is there a part missing here?
Bill- It sounds like you have a handle on it. You may need to trim some of the outside of the cable, as long as the overall length of the cable will allow it. Make sure the inside wire is straight, and pull it out several inches, past where you need to trim the outside. Trim the casing and push the inner wire back in.
Is the inner (movable) part of your throttle cable multi-strand Zig? Mine is one single (not very bendable) piece like an old lawn mower throttle cable. The hole that the cable slides through on the throttle rod goes from about 11 oclock on the top to 5 oclock on the bottom. My single strand cable puts a real load on the throttle rod, causing it to bind, requiring more foot pressure to get the throttle to open and sometimes causing the throttle to not return to idle when released. I tried greasing the cable, but no joy. Possible that carb hardware is incorrect.
Hand Throttle Bill ; You're correct ~ once the cable gets bent from ham fisted DPO/DPM , it tends to hold the throttle ' off idle ' ~ not a happy thing in traffic , that's prolly why it was disconnected . Just buy a new throttle cable and you'll see why it comes with a very long end . You can adjuste the bowden in the clamp to get the travel you need , it's not like you'll ever need to pull the knob out much . Expect to replace it after 35,000 or so miles as the end wears thin . Zig ; your curved cable ends fairly well scare me.... . I hope everyone here understands the hand throttle is NOT a ' Cruise Control ' unless oyu wanta firey , painful death .
Bill, it is as you say. Like a lawn mower cable. Nate, glad to scare you! HA! Trust me, I will make everything better but the engine work that I have left to do is still on the back burner. Back end transplant and all the brake plumbing, then the engine...
