Air cooled throttle cable solution

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Air cooled throttle cable solution Jun 1, 2014 9:49:17 GMT

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Post by Nick on Jun 1, 2014 9:49:17 GMT

Morning all, this morning I decided to attend to one of the things on the car that had been bugging me for a while, "Gina" snapped her throttle cable about 6 months ago so being miles from home I merely chopped the outer cabling back and re attatched it and drove on, forgot all about it till about 2 months ago she did it again, yet again another trim of the outer cable got me mobile but by now the inner cable was fraying badly, and it was a miracle that the inner cable even went in and out of the outer like it did, but as usual the daf kept going. I looked into buying a genuine throttle cable but then it dawned on me that it had captive ends both ends of the outer cable (one on bulkhead and one on carburettor). I went to my local bike shop and bought a mountain bike universal fit front brake cable (the one with a different end on each end).
I unbolted the old cable from the carburettor, and from the pedal end and pulled it free of the car, the pedal end appeared to be a perfect match to the narrow nipple on the univeral fit brake cable so I cut off the other end and fed it through the pedal and out through the bulkhead, I then offered up the outer cable and after roughly cutting it to length chopped it down and fed the inner cable through it, the end result was a perfect fit, the inner cable seems the same diameter as the original and the outer cable has a teflon liner so it should remain smooth operating, I will get some photos in a bit and place there here on the post ,

total cost £5.99
1/2 hour of my time

Skype me rottie007

thebear54 DAF Nut Those who say it can't be done, should not interupt the people doing it ! Posts: 1,426	Air cooled throttle cable solution Jun 1, 2014 11:21:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by thebear54 on Jun 1, 2014 11:21:46 GMT Perfect solution Nick. I've had to do the same with Butterscotch & Sandra since RHD cables are somewhat hard to find in the USA. John
	I suffer from CDPD- Compulsive DAF Purchasing Disorder, there is no cure! "Jobsworth Little Hitler"-At the DAF Club of America

Nick Moderator Crop Duster Posts: 1,067	Air cooled throttle cable solution Jun 1, 2014 17:07:00 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Nick on Jun 1, 2014 17:07:00 GMT Pedal end simply fed through bulkhead end is a simple sit in and leave job carburettor end
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swissdave New Member Posts: 39	Air cooled throttle cable solution Jun 1, 2014 18:24:57 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by swissdave on Jun 1, 2014 18:24:57 GMT That's a great fix and should last for ages with the Teflon liner.

Tuning Data
Model	Plugs gap	Points gap	Timing	In. valve	Ex. valve	Idle
33-> Jul'71	0.8mm	0.5mm	6 BTDC	0.1mm	0.15mm	725
33 Jul'71->	0.8mm	0.5mm	5 ATDC	0.1mm	0.15mm	900
44-> Jul'71	0.8mm	0.5mm	6 BTDC	0.1mm	0.15mm	725
44 Jul'71->	0.8mm	0.5mm	5 ATDC	0.1mm	0.15mm	900
55	0.6mm	0.5mm	TDC	0.15mm	0.20mm	700
55 Marathon	0.7mm	0.5mm	TDC	0.15mm	0.20mm	700
66 all 1108cc	0.7mm	0.5mm	TDC	0.15mm	0.20mm	725
66 1289cc	0.7mm	0.5mm	6 BTDC	0.15mm	0.20mm	725

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Air cooled throttle cable solution

Post by Nick on Jun 1, 2014 9:49:17 GMT

Post by thebear54 on Jun 1, 2014 11:21:46 GMT

Post by Nick on Jun 1, 2014 17:07:00 GMT

Post by swissdave on Jun 1, 2014 18:24:57 GMT