In the long run, it would probably be best to fit a cable linkage from a late Spit and get rid of the mechanical linkage. It makes the throttle much more precise and lasts a whole lot longer.
Joe -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Muller Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 5:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Spits] a surprising fit for the throttle My GT6 has always had an imprecise throttle. I partly blame a PO's transplant of SU carbs whose mechanical arrangement may or may not be appropriate. But partly it is because the big transverse shaft which runs across the car from driver to carbs has fit only loosely in the firewall hole on the right (carb) side. It has never had a real bushing or grommet. I've ordered two from Spitbits hoping they would be true bushings but their picture looks like a normal rubber grommet and it is labelled grommet. Maybe that's all it is supposed to be; I've never look carefully at another car's. So today I was cleaning up some stuff left over from last week's rainfest at CCBCC's British Legends show. On my workbench was a 1" long discarded piece of gas line. The inner diameter looked to be exactly the diameter of the throttle shaft. And the outer diameter looked to match the hole in the firewall as near as I could actually see it. Since I rarely have as much time to work as I did today, I wondered if I could get this taken care of for the time being. What the heck, let's see if it will fit... Surprise, it fit exactly. It took no persuasion to slip over the end of the shaft in the passenger's footwell and minimal persuasion to get to through the firewall. Don't know how long it will last, but it can't be much worse than a rubber gromet. It might have been made for that application. Jim Muller [email protected] You are subscribed as [email protected] [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html You are subscribed as [email protected] [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
