Sprint Accelarator Linkage

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Sprint Accelarator Linkage

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Can you please post pictures of the linkage, specifically in the area that sits between the carbs with the inlet manifold behind? I feel that something is not quite right n mine - something is either missing or not set up right.

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Have a search in the restoration section, there's bound to be a pic there :D , or post a pic of your own set up and we can take a look :D
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ham204 wrote:Can you please post pictures of the linkage, specifically in the area that sits between the carbs with the inlet manifold behind? I feel that something is not quite right n mine - something is either missing or not set up right.

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Have a look at these pictures

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27969&start=300#p280903

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Yes, that's brilliant. I'll check piece by piece because now I'm totally sure that something is amiss

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1972 Spitfire MK IV
1972 Stag
1980 Sprint

1962 Land Rover Series 2a
1961 Land Rover Series 2a (under restoration)
1983 Land Rover Series 3

1995 Suzuki Samurai SJ413

1972 MGB GT (banished for being too tight to fit in it)
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Re: Sprint Accelarator Linkage

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OK I had another look. The plate that attaches near the servo pipe takeoff is missing. Does anyone have a spare one or may be give me the dimensions and I can make a replica myself?

Also where does the hole in 'A' in the pic below fit? Should it attach to the bolt 'B'?
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1972 Spitfire MK IV
1972 Stag
1980 Sprint

1962 Land Rover Series 2a
1961 Land Rover Series 2a (under restoration)
1983 Land Rover Series 3

1995 Suzuki Samurai SJ413

1972 MGB GT (banished for being too tight to fit in it)
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The plate (part No. 159407) that you after is not really required (I have one fitted to mine but i dont have any return spring fitted
to it) - three spring attach to it - all throttle return springs. The part you require secures the choke cable (I THINK) part no. WZX1008, might have to make one yourself it similar to the one on the bonnet catch but smaller + there is one similar of the blower motor

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#7 Post by soe8m »

Normally on a car has each carb it's own return spring and the mechanism also. You can leave a few out but that's for the own risk of the driver.

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#8 Post by Flyfisherman »

WZX1008 is now AUE34 - http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-AUE34

I have a spare throttle spring pate - I will take some dimension and PM the size to you.

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#9 Post by Flyfisherman »

Part No. 159407 is now UKC6168 and called Anchor bracket throttle springs Rimmer dont have one but Revington Tr might, same part fit a tr7 http://www.revingtontr.com/product/ukc6 ... tle-spring

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About my picture above, does 'A' fit into the bolt 'B'?
1972 Spitfire MK IV
1972 Stag
1980 Sprint

1962 Land Rover Series 2a
1961 Land Rover Series 2a (under restoration)
1983 Land Rover Series 3

1995 Suzuki Samurai SJ413

1972 MGB GT (banished for being too tight to fit in it)
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#11 Post by James467 »

No thats where the throttle cable routes, I'll go out into the workshop, fit it and take a photo for you this morning.
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Yeah i think its all upside down, let me set it up properly and I'll take a photo for you.
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James
Throttle cable comesfrom underneath the carbs and is secured via two nuts which are next to the bottom hook and that return spring and the round nipple on the end of the cable hooks into a recess in a pivot pin (your bottom red line) As for the choke choke cable I was wrong - looking a James pictureyou can just about see the lug where the choke cable secures.

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#14 Post by ham204 »

The thing is, as it is set up now, the thingy that has a white roller at the end is attached to the accelerator cable, When the pedal is depressed the roller goes DOWN and releases the hook that grips to it - the hook is the other end of the part I marked 'A' and that should be what moves the carb throttles. At the moment there is no pressure on it to open up the throttle
1972 Spitfire MK IV
1972 Stag
1980 Sprint

1962 Land Rover Series 2a
1961 Land Rover Series 2a (under restoration)
1983 Land Rover Series 3

1995 Suzuki Samurai SJ413

1972 MGB GT (banished for being too tight to fit in it)
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#15 Post by James467 »

Pauls right, I was looking at the picture wrong and it was before my morning coffee! :P

A is not used on my car, I think its for the kickdown cable on an automatic.

Throttle cable feeds through the holes in the bottom of the plate where the end of the spring hooks onto (not in the picture) then the cable end feeds into B, there should be a washer and clip that holds it on.
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