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Date:         Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:54:08 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: A throttle puzzle
Comments: To: Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net>
In-Reply-To:  <4495AE77.8020604@verizon.net>
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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


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