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Did all F1's and F2's have a hand throttle or only trucks running a PTO? Did the cable connect to the accelerator linkage somewhere or directly to the carb? If you don't have a PTO, what is the purpose of the hand throttle? My F2 does not have one and neither do either of my F1's. Just trying to find out if I should have them.
Early trucks had a hand throttle cable. My understanding is they went away in 48-50 and came back again in 51. They are useful for field work to set the throttle and hold the truck at a certain speed, typically in granny gear, in addition to the PTO thing you mentioned. If you don't have it, or had a provision for one, don't worry about it. It would have connected to a linkage on the carb opposite of the choke.
Seems to me I remember most vehicles of that era had hand throttles. They connected to the carburetor arm in most cases I remember. It served as a way to charge the battery and cold morning warm ups when necessary. Cold start took a lot out of the battery and the generator did not put out at idle so the throttle was used. Under some conditions it could be used as a crude cruise control. In the larger ttucks, it could be used on long mountain grades to keep the engine speed up when down hard in first or second gear. Driver could climb out on the running board to cool off.
Early trucks had a hand throttle cable. My understanding is they went away in 48-50 and came back again in 51. They are useful for field work to set the throttle and hold the truck at a certain speed, typically in granny gear, in addition to the PTO thing you mentioned. If you don't have it, or had a provision for one, don't worry about it. It would have connected to a linkage on the carb opposite of the choke.
Since all my trucks fall into the '48 - '50 vintage, it could be the reason that none of my trucks have one. Of course, all my trucks show the signs of their age having had many mechanics work on them over the years so I figured the cable may have been removed. I don't think there is any provision to hook it up to my carburetor throttle arm on my 226 so I wouldn't know where to hook one up should it suppose to have one.
Early trucks had a hand throttle cable. My understanding is they went away in 48-50 and came back again in 51. They are useful for field work to set the throttle and hold the truck at a certain speed, typically in granny gear, in addition to the PTO thing you mentioned. If you don't have it, or had a provision for one, don't worry about it. It would have connected to a linkage on the carb opposite of the choke.
My earliest driving experiences were when I was probably 6 years old and my dad would put our big flatbed in granny low and set the throttle and he would jump out and start cutting string on bales of hay, throwing it off to our cattle. My job was to drive in a big circle, trying not to run over any cattle, while my dad and brothers got all the hay thrown off.
As I recall, all of our big trucks had the throttle that you could set and they were not all fords.
I don't think there is any provision to hook it up to my carburetor throttle arm on my 226 so I wouldn't know where to hook one up should it suppose to have one.
This is what it looks like on my '51 226.
Yes, I know that's the wrong accelerator return spring, but it works just fine.
Well then I guess mine do not have it as my linkage that is on the manifold does not have that provision. One less thing I have to purchase. Two, if you count the ****.
On V8's it was part of the carb itself, and since cars didn't have them (AFAIK) if the carb got replaced it was likely to get deleted. I didn't think to look at linkages, sure enough there is the 6-banger part. Looks like you'd just need the additional lever to add it (plus cable), something you could even make.
I don't have one, but I wish I did. At high altitudes a choke will drown an engine pretty quickly. But setting the idle up a bit to warm up the engine is a great feature.
I didn't think to look at linkages, sure enough there is the 6-banger part. Looks like you'd just need the additional lever to add it (plus cable), something you could even make.
Originally Posted by Cougar54
I'll have to keep an eye out for one of those levers just in case I decide the hand throttle is needed.
Does your intake manifold have the place to mount it?
My earliest driving experiences were when I was probably 6 years old and my dad would put our big flatbed in granny low and set the throttle and he would jump out and start cutting string on bales of hay, throwing it off to our cattle. My job was to drive in a big circle, trying not to run over any cattle, while my dad and brothers got all the hay thrown off.
As I recall, all of our big trucks had the throttle that you could set and they were not all fords.
It was sure a thrill for me as a little kid.
Similar story for me as a kid. My Dad had a 48 Chevy 3/4 ton. It had the hand throttle and a granny gear. Dad would set the throttle and put it in gear and I would carefully let out the clutch while Mom, Dad, and older brother and sister would pick rocks from the field or pick corn in the fall.
In the 53-56 models the hand throttle was standard on F250's and up. It was an option on F100's.
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