A tedious job well done. Now is the time to insure throttle plates are wide open with pedal against floor stop.
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A tedious job well done. Now is the time to insure throttle plates are wide open with pedal against floor stop.
Thanks for your valuable information.
OK thankful for this thread. I just got through with the replacement of that broke nylon/plastic piece. I did remove the driver side seat. This made the access much easier. I also had to remove the 13mm nut on the hand throttle to get the handbrake assembly out enough to access the broken part. Replacement was fairly easy. I had noted in the previous thread that to be careful not to lose the locking spanner thingee, so a stuffed the the area around with a rag just in case so it would not drop down in the tunnel. After getting the handbrake assembly back into place, I had to get this new piece on to the accelerator cable. Not as bad as I thought considering I did it through the small adjustment hole. All done and working again. Thanks again everyone.Attachment 575539Attachment 575538
My throttle rod bushes have perished. To confirm, in my 1973, there are two: One accessed under the shifter and the other at the rear coupler cover. Coprrect?
and one under the handbrake.
Just replaced all three bushes. In the process dropped one in the tunnel and after an hour I gave up and bought a fourth one. Not hard but a big pain. Hope I never have to do this again.
Great guide thank you! It is certainly a "needle hands" job. I've never seen a car that has these bushings still intact, and the replacements are stupidly expensive. Still, it's worth it because I don't like that sound of the throttle rod rattling against the tunnel every time you step on the pedal.