Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:21:08 -0700
Reply-To: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
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From: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Broken Accelerator Cable - 1987 Syncro non-camper
In-Reply-To: <ccd73a11003060904mf032523pf0fed7bc2bdd626b@mail.gmail.com>
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Bentley, we don't need no stinking Bentley! Until we do, of course.
Disconnect your cable, at the throttle, and pull it out. If it is
truly broken, it will come out. Now go to the front and drop your
spare tire clam shell........look up and right below your gas pedal,
there is a box, hanging down. It is held in place by four phillips or
10MM bolts...damn it I need that Bentley! Remove whatever holds this
box in place and you will expose the throttle cable linkage that has
lived beneath your foot for all those miles. When you see it. you will
wonder how in the hell that cave man linkage held up as long as it
did! Wonder all you want, but remember it lasted a good twenty years!
It is pretty clear what you have to do next. Once you have it removed,
it should come out, just like it did from the other end, if it is
truly broken. Now you can insert the proper end of the new one and it
should glide effortlessly until it reaches your engine compartment. If
it does not glide as described, you might trace the conduit towards
the rear and see if it is compromised, somehow. If it is, fix it now
or you will have freezing throttle cable issues in the future
(countless testimonials on this list!) This conduit is stuff you can
source at the hardware store. Just get creative. No science here, just
get it sealed by cutting out the bad and inserting some good rubber
hose, etc. Now get it cinched up at both ends. Not too tight, not too
loose. Remember that when you removed the cable from the front of the
vehicle, you made a mental note of where it was tethered and duplicate
that. When you get everything in place, you can make your final
adjustment at the throttle connection....all easy, very easy. BUT,
when you reattach that box, beneath the pedal, I recommend that you
silicone the flange, so nothing will infiltrate it. Then it's onward
through the fog and damn the torpedoes, once again!
Miguel
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas A. Edison
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote:
> dearbroken
> do you have a bently ??
> yours
>
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Donna Skarloken <dskarloken@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Last Sat. my accelerator cable broke at the back. My husband said it was
>> super rusty back there.
>>
>> Anyway, I have the part - how hard/easy is it to replace ourselves?
>>
>> Thanks and happy Friday.
>>
>> Donna, 87 Syncro
>>
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
> From Proverbs:
> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> servant who becomes king ...
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