>Went back to the engine >compartment, and sure enuf,the throttle cable was snapped off at the >barrel nut. > >No problem, I'll just rig it up and be on my way (having put my spare on >a couple months ago) so I crawled under the front, and lo and behold its >broken there, too! > >If I hadn't been driving on the freeway when it broke, I would have suspected >sabotage! > >Anyone ever had it break on both ends at the same time before? Not me. But on my '69 bus in Colorado, it had a B-block 1600 SP engine with a small crack in the case (got bigger later). It had many problems, and developed a severe vibration to the point where it kept breaking the throttle return spring on the carb(??). Went thru four of them before the engine finally cracked in half... ah, the good old days... _______ /\ o o o\ Steve Maher smaher@gi.com 75461,1717 /o \ o o o\_______ San Diego, California < >------> o /| \ o/ o /_____/o| '80 VW V6anagon \/______/ |oo| '66 Mustang Coupevertible | o |o/ '89 Son Sherwin |_______|/ http://www.wp.com/IrishMafia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The economy's not failing-- there are plenty of jobs available! I have three of them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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