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Old May 26, 2011 | 07:51 AM
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Throttle cable

The throttle cable broke on my 7.3 idi. I have the new one and was wondering if there were any tricks to putting it on.
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 08:01 AM
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ya ,getting the right one,---when mine went, the parts store gave me one to long.
just courious ; did the little plastic piece in the spring ,bythe ip break?
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 11:01 AM
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my plastic broke inside that spring. right at the point where it might catch and stay in that position. Haven't had any problems yet..hope it stays that way
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 12:06 PM
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my plastic broke inside that spring. right at the point where it might catch and stay in that position. Haven't had any problems yet..hope it stays that way
That's what happened to mine, and it got stuck in a very inconvenient spot, but luckily got stuck with the throttle closed, not open... had to idle up a hill in traffic, the folks behind me where NOT amused
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 12:16 PM
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my cable broke inside. basically i pulled the little wire out through the fire wall and it wasnt connected.
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 05:27 PM
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had to do that in the 84....sucks being a manual, only i was on flat ground and going home lol.
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 06:39 PM
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Mine has that plastic inside broke too. Didnt want it to catch so i broke it all out... now its just the cable and the spring.

Need to fix that some day...
 
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