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I had never noticed this until last autumn when my I started teaching my daughter to drive and took her to a local airfield in the TF, she found it difficult to get the revs right - either to little or to much revs, I tried to replicate what she was doing and then discovered that the throttle pedal was a bit sticky and it was difficult to apply more revs slowly.

Now that the car is back on the road again, I have been more aware of it, partly due to a current problem I have with my right leg/foot so decided to investigate

I found so much slack in the throttle cable where it connects to the throttle flap on the engine air intake, it was a simple job to adjust out the slack and then out for a test drive, what a difference - the revs are now easy to control, wish I had done it months ago

When I saw the thread title, I was gathering causes in my mind, ...and you go and fix it yourself.

its the simplest jobs that get over looked

i use to check the twin throttle cables every 6 months on the bike

I took a 59 plate TF for a test drive in Newcastle and what a dog.

The clutch pedal was hard to press and the throttle was even harder. You would pull up at a junction, press the throttle, press it a bit more, a bit more....then it would give and the revs would rise suddenly.

It also had a tear in the leather bolster, 3 different types of tyres and the rear view mirror missing.

Another golden 'how to' opportunity missed.

If anybody else is doing this, then please don't forget the pics.

any one got a car i could borrow for the how to lol

http://www.the-t-bar.com/en/forum/22-cjjs-guides/13093-throttle-cable-how-to-change

Adjustment is at the end.

I will put a couple of photos up tomorrow of the procedure - easy to do

Thanks for the link Clive - I wont need to bother

Hi David
Glad you got the Clockwork Orange on the road again!!
Cu
John

mgfmad wrote: wrote:

I will put a couple of photos up tomorrow of the procedure - easy to do

Thanks for the link Clive - I wont need to bother

Feel free to add pics of anything at anytime. If a how to guide is replicated then I'll add it to the original as a variant.

MGF MARK wrote: wrote:

any one got a car i could borrow for the how to lol

I've got a new accelerator cable that needs fitting, if you wanna do a "How to"

If not it'll go into my mates garage and get replaced there

When my throttle went a bit sticky it proved to be a kink in the cable where it runs therough the cabin. The only interesting thing I have to say about it is I found it hard to oil before fitting so i used an old trick.
Here it is taped to the Flymo overnight with a bag of oil at the top


and in the morning