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Date:         Tue, 10 May 2011 15:17:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      How the dickens? (Pickle of the day)
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Following the procedure in Bentleys 37.13, I have set about tinkering with the length of the throttle adjusting rod to see if I can affect kick down to better accommodate the limited range of motion I have in my right ankle.

But now I can't get the thing back together. I can't mash the Override Spring (#2 in the left picture on 37.13) far enough onto the Adjusting Rod to expose the end so I can push the Circlip back on.

That's a mighty tough little spring, and the adjusting rod isn't helping matters by sliding forward when I start putting pressure on it.

What's the trick here? It feels like even if the adjusting rod was immobile I would not have enough strength in my fingers to mash the spring far enough forward and hold it there long enough to reach for the circlip, drop it, fumble for it, find the little pliers, pick it up, put it back down and turn it the right direction, pick it back up again, and get it onto the end of the rod.

Stupid manual should warn a fellow that "assembly is the reverse of the above procedure except that the spring takes superhumanly strong small fingers to reinstall".

-- Rocky J Squirrel '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR


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