RE: [alfa] Throttle sticking

["Peter Webb" <webb.p@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

There's no cable in an L-Jet Spider.  It's a mechanical rod linkage.

-Peter


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
> Scott Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 7:27 PM
> To: alfa@domain.elided
> Subject: [alfa] Throttle sticking
> 
> 
> Haven't seen it yet, so wanted to put it out there:
> 
> Make sure to very carefully examine your throttle cable. I've been 
> dinking with these cars for the better part of... good lord... fifteen 
> years now, and have never heard personally of bushing failures. I have, 
> however, heard of at least a dozen throttle cables going bad, one of 
> them being my own. They tend to fray, and those ends get bunched up and 
> start gumming up the action. Sometimes this can happen inside the cable 
> housing, so you can't see it.
> 
> Bottom line, were it my car, I'd at least try disconnecting the throttle 
> cable to see if that caused the rest of the linkage to suddenly work 
> properly again.
> 
> Scott Johnson
> 1750 Spider
> Alfa Spider FAQ Author
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