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Re: [T3] a throttle cable story...



--- Iamkeen@aol.com wrote:
> Gentlemen;
> 
> Hearing about your goldfish vs. throttle cable
> incident, figured I'd share my 
> own...
> A buddy and I are driving through town, about
> midnight, when the cable snaps. 
> we both knew what the problem was, the second it
> happened.  Lacking proper 
> lighting to even try to fix the thing, my passenger
> and I - without even 
> speaking! - knew what had to be done.  He hopped
> over the back seat, peeled 
> away the carpet, lifted the lid... grabbed a
> crescent wrench, slipped it over 
> the hex-link between the carbs, and worked the
> throttle while I clutched and 
> steered.  We got all the way across Jacksonville
> this way - I had to shout 
> back at him to let him know when we were shifting,
> accelerating, hold it at a 
> certain RPM, etc.. but it was hard for him to hear
> because we were both 
> laughing so damn hard.  After a few miles we got
> into a great rhythm....
> When replacing the cable, I squirted the tube full
> of white lithium, from 
> both sides, until it came ooozing out everywhere. 
> Is this a suitable product 
> for this application - or will it do something bad
> to my cable?
> 
> --timmy
> '72 square
> Jax, FL
> Won't hurt a thing , any lube is better than no lube
on something like a cable, other things require a
special kind.
>
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