A J: You can get a bicycle brake cable that will work. It will be way too long but you should be able to find one with the right size ball and cable. Just cutoff the extra cable
John Justus Sent from my Samsung Epicb" 4G [email protected] wrote: > >alfa-digest Thursday, July 7 2011 Volume 10 : Number 2443 > > > >Forum for Discussion of Alfa Romeos, etc. > Richard Welty <[email protected]> > Digest Coordinator > >Contents: > > [alfa] Accelerator cable > Re: [alfa] Accelerator cable > [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V10 #2442 > [alfa] Gas Peddle cable > [alfa] Jump Start Stella's Clock? > [alfa] administrivia: Powell's Books > >Alfa Digest Home Page: > >http://www.digest.net/alfa/ > >Send submissions to [email protected] > >Send administrative requests to [email protected] > >To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of >the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address >than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a >message to alfa-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo >commands. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 12:12:16 -0500 >From: Ahmad J Durrani <[email protected]> >Subject: [alfa] Accelerator cable > >The gas peddle cable of my 1974 Spider has come loose and the peddle has >become disconnected. Being a first time Alfa owner, I don't know much about >it's mechanics. Is it something that I could fix or would need professional >help? Would appreciate any advice. Thanks > >A J Durrani > >------------------------------ > >Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 11:04:34 -0700 (PDT) >From: ira kaufman <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [alfa] Accelerator cable > >you can take a flashlight and creep under the steering wheel to get a good >look.there should be a little threadless bolt which passes thru the pedal to >operate the accelerater cabel mechanism.thats your first stop to see if it's >in place or the pin holding it has fallen out. > >- --- On Sat, 7/2/11, Ahmad J Durrani <[email protected]> wrote: > > >From: Ahmad J Durrani <[email protected]> >Subject: [alfa] Accelerator cable >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011, 1:12 PM > > >The gas peddle cable of my 1974 Spider has come loose and the peddle has >become disconnected. Being a first time Alfa owner, I don't know much about >it's mechanics. Is it something that I could fix or would need professional >help? Would appreciate any advice. Thanks > >A J Durrani > > >- -- >to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi >or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 13:09:46 -0500 >From: Bradley Artigue <[email protected]> >Subject: [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V10 #2442 > >Re [alfa] Wreck-damaged '88 Spider Quad - Value? > >Dan check your email about sending over some pictures. Hate to see 'em go to >the crusher as well and we just happen to be firing up a paint booth to paint >some FIATs in a month or two. Might be a good project car for us. > >------------------------------ > >Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 15:10:41 -0500 >From: Ahmad J Durrani <[email protected]> >Subject: [alfa] Gas Peddle cable > >The gas peddle in my 74 Alfa Spider links through the firewall to a lever >which in turn is attached to a foot long cable through a bolt and connects >around a pulley with a ball on the other end. The cable at the bolt had >snapped. Can I get this cable at an auto store? Attaching the cable be simply >tightening it under a bolt head does seem like a durable solution. Thanks for >the advice. > >A J Durrani > >------------------------------ > >Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 09:53:17 EDT >From: [email protected] >Subject: [alfa] Jump Start Stella's Clock? > >Fellow Digesters: > When I covered up my '72 Berlina ("Stella") several weeks ago, I didn't > >close the driver's door all the way so the interior light drained the >battery. After trickle charging the battery, Stella is running fine but >her >clock is dead. Does anyone know of a trick to jump start Stella's clock? > --West Clark > '72 Berlina (Stella) > '67 GTV (Spanky) > '66 Duetto (Lola) > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:30:02 +0000 >From: Richard Welty <[email protected]> >Subject: [alfa] administrivia: Powell's Books > >Other ways to support the digest > >Richard's Amazon wishlist: >http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/30PQXKZQN9GWX/ref=cm_wl_rlist_go >(there is more than one list on amazon, see the menu on the left). > >Powell's Books affiliate: >Krusty Motorsports (parent of digest.net) is affiliated with >Powell's Books, a highly regarded bookstore in the Pacific Northwest. >Use this link to access Powells and buy books, and it'll help: > >http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=25667 > >------------------------------ > >End of alfa-digest V10 #2443 >**************************** -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
