Re: Re: [ihc] Diesel Accelerator Cable/Throttle Cable

[Dan Nees <cookiedan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,
   That is how I understand the diesel acc cable to be run, however; I'm
sure there are some specific brackets that were added so tye-wraps are
not neccessary. 
   As to the other thing, yes, it is a true story, it was made all the
more funnier since there were four of us and we were on our way to
Hooters for lunch when the cable broke, this was a side of the road fix
that had us laughing all the way there and back again. Not to mention,
when Dennis Petterson, Ray Cass, Sele Scull, and myself are together
nothing good can come of it. The best was Dennis and I accelerating the
truck from the back seat as Sele steered.
On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 16:37, josephshaw@domain.elided wrote:
> Cookie Dan-
> 
> Good to hear from you-been a long time, huh?
> 
> Thanks for the info-I am just about dying laughing thinking about the fact that you didn't say, "You could PROBABLY..." but instead said, "I know..." which tells me that you HAVE done this at some point in time, and I really wish I had witnessed that!!!
> 
> Thanks for the advice-mainly just wondered if it was supposed to swing around the front of the engine.  The prior owner had it rigged with a cable, in housing, but it was run up to the front of the engine bay, then some zip ties were used attached to the radiator mounts and stuff to serve as the "pulleys."
> 
> Because the cable was inside the housing, it worked just fine, but I am not sure if I will be able to find a proper cable in housing to work it the same way!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Michael 
>  
> > From: Dan Nees <cookiedan@domain.elided>
> > Date: 2004/07/27 Tue PM 04:24:00 EDT
> > To: josephshaw@domain.elided
> > CC: ihc-digest@domain.elided
> > Subject: Re: [ihc] Diesel Accelerator Cable/Throttle Cable
> > 
> > What's up Doc?
> >   I don't know all that much about the cable routing, though I know it
> > is pulled from the front, not pulled back. 
> >    What I do know is, with a piece of substantial speaker wire you can
> > attach it to the throttle, loop it around the injector pipes and feeeed
> > it through a hole in the fire wall and drive the truck quite some
> > distance with a hand throttle.. Even the guys in the back seat can work
> > it if you have enough wire!
> > On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 11:00, josephshaw@domain.elided wrote:
> > > I need to find out a little bit more about the the throttle linkage system on an SD33 in a Scout.  This is the one that is a '67 body set on a '77 frame and diesel running gear.  I am not sure if the throttle linkage/cable was altered because of this conficguration.
> > > 
> > > Mine has a cable attached to the pedal linkage, which then runs up to the front of the engine compartment, then circles back to the throttle controls on the engine.
> > > 
> > > Or, I should say, it DID have, as I snipped the cable because it was so worn and frayed that I thought it was some jimmy-rigged wire holding something in place, and it was in my way when I was trouble-shooting something else.  It looked nothing at all like a cable at that point, and it is probably best that I did cut it then, because had I never found out about it that way, I would not have suspected it, and likely would have been driving down a road in the middle of nowhere when it snapped and I would have had no acceleration left!
> > > 
> > > Anyway, how is it SUPPOSED to be attached?  Is there a cable set-up, or a more solid connection to the linkage supposed to be there?
> > > 
> > > And if it is a cable, is it supposed to run such a tortuous route to get to its destination?
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Michael 
> > 
> > 
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Dan Nees
cookiedan@domain.elided