Throttle Cable on 1904
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Thanks Bill and Stu for tracking down the part numbers and possible sources for throttle cables and cable holder brackets. I'm not sure I need a hand throttle, but I already have most of the linkage parts so I may as well go for it.
Marmon-Herrington Man
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That is the right number for the bracket. Wish Green Sales would have included the cable retainer clip, which has no separate number. Oh well, I'll rob a junk heater or something. Stu
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Exactly! I ordered one as well and was surprised a critical piece was missing. I called this morning to find out if the missing piece was available and waited on hold for a long time. I finally gave up.
Marmon-Herrington Man
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The FoMoCo stamping adds $6.40. I've got three of the 215s, and gathered tons of pics before redoing mine but don't recall seeing that bracket before bhalemail's posting of the pic. Learn something new everyday. Stu
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Agreed. I thought my truck was 100% complete and original, but I was missing the throttle bracket too and had no idea what the cable holder for the throttle should look like. Thank-you again, bhalemail.
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Found the clip on a junk metal bowl 1904 that was sitting on the shelf. Exact right piece, it's a good day. If you don't have a similar parts stash I have another one too if you need it. Stu
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I have some spare carburetor bowl clips too. My clips are for glass bowls and have 2 90 degree bends. If I were to straighten the bends out, I can see that they might work. Is that what you did? Thanks.
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Sorry, I misunderstood. You mentioned clips and a carburetor and I immediately started thinking about the little clips that attach the bowl to the body of the carburetor. Jumping to conclusions has always been a problem for me.
We have a good local scrap yard with lots of old trucks. I may be able to find a little clip like you found. I know just what to look for. Thanks.
We have a good local scrap yard with lots of old trucks. I may be able to find a little clip like you found. I know just what to look for. Thanks.
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Glad i was able to help
No problem guys, glad to help. Interestingly enough I just picked up my 52(with 215) in the fall and I had some rigged linkage that was not correct at all for the holley 1904. I picked up a 215 manifold "clump" from a seller and it had all the linkage on it, which I promptly snatched up. I was going to ditch the 215 because it ran and smoked like crap but I thought it would be a good learning experience to look inside and see if I can figure it out. Sure enough I removed the valve cover and 2 of the valve were completely off the pushrods. The valves all had about 1/4" of play. I reset them all to within specs, changed the plugs, fresh oil, new manifold gasket(had a vacuum leak), and fired it up. All I can say is WOW, what a difference. The smoke cleared up after about an hour of running it, the thing purrs nicely, and has tons of power. These 215s are nice strong motors. Now I just need to learn how to downshift the 4 spd or get me a sync'd 3 spd. I cannot downshift to save my life.