Chaz23 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Had sticking gas peddle pulled over it was almost broken - swapped it now got extreame high revs! Help - ----- 1993 De-Dion 1700 X/FLOW Edited by - Chaz23 on 4 May 2010 19:13:33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie. Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Hi, Tried ringing. Assume someone is on with you. If you haven't got it sorted: Check the cable is fitted ok, the bush thing that fits into the pedal box end is pushed in home and the nipples are located correctly at both the pedal and engine ends. Then check the adjustment end at the engine. There are two nuts on a threaded bit. Undo the nuts to let the throttle spindle relax on its spring. You will find one of the nuts is holding the throttle open. Relax the nut until the throttle spindle rests on the idle screw and is not held open by the cable. Then lock it up with the nut on the other side. Willie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_h Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 is it on carbs? If so (or even if not ) check the throttle cable is seated in the cable grip/holder on the carbs correctly. White road legal 2.0 HPC VX race car - Now all shiney and new 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team Mcalvert Posted May 4, 2010 Leadership Team Share Posted May 4, 2010 If those checks are OK then it's probably one of the internal throttle return springs has broken and is blocking the butterflies in the carbs from closing. Not a job to fix at the roadside unfortunately ☹️ Best of luck and let us know how you get on. Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz23 Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Sorted - post later. ----- 1993 De-Dion 1700 X/FLOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz23 Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Many thanks to Jonathan Lee (I found his number on my phone). The fault: Short answer is I am a short 🙆🏻 Longer answer: It seems that the cable that started to snap is slightly longer than the replacement one and because I moved the pedals to a new location 3 years ago the new cable was pulling the throttle wide open. Temporary fix was to move the pedal back to the original position. The down side to this is that it is now difficult to get to 4500+ revs (so no chance of blowing the engine up). All I need to do now is find somewhere that can make a throttle cable the length I need. 1993 De-Dion 1700 X/FLOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Walker Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Speedy Cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racing Snake Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Venhill cables here The only place to buy cables Mad Hatter Racing - Feel The Duralight R Torque 😬 Carl @ Penn 7's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz23 Posted May 5, 2010 Author Share Posted May 5, 2010 Mad Hatter, Just spoken to them and they can make a couple of cables up for me if I get them the broken one - thankfully I will be in Basingstoke tomorrow morning and so could drop them off on the way back - slight detour but might be sorted before the weekend. Turns out that they used to make the cables for Caterham. ----- 1993 De-Dion 1700 X/FLOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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