It wasn't too terrible when it was in gear so I moderated my speed with
an on-off-on-off of the kill switch
I see you added an extention arm to the throttle stop arm. I've been thinking about doing that to smooth out the CC. Mine is connected directly to the throttle stop arm and has too much command which makes it surge in 4th gear or less. If I do I will have to make sure to bend the extention inward slightly to have enough clearance from that outer brace. Thanks for the write up.
Were you a WW1 pilot in a previous life? Early WW1 aircraft had no throttle and pilots used an ignition interrupt switch on the stick and moderated speed on landing the same way you did. Like ZG said, good job!
Don't bend it until you're sure you need to. You can't tell on that stuck throttle picture, but my closest clearance
issue is not the outer brace but higher up. I doubt the little upward curve I put in the arm is needed (it seemed to make
sense at the time), if it wasn't curved I wouldn't have a clearance issue at the top.
Well, before too much praise of my skills piles up, let's be clear, my throttle was not stuck wide open. It was
only open as much as shown it the photo with the red lines. It caught my attention for sure, but it wasn't as scary
as a bunch of gravel in a turn or a bouncing tire carcass appearing from under the wheels of a vehicle ahead.
I'm sure many will say "WELL DUH!, fm".
I just wanted to emphasize that during a Rostra CC install that the threading of the cable
end and it's install into the snap in adapter must be secure. I know, well DUH!
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......alien disappeared and its motorcycle suit just crumpled down on the sidewalk.I'm pre-alien era, more like the Wiz era...I'm melting..melting...oh what a world ..what a world...
If I am following you correctly, you did not snap the square cable sheath mounting nut all the way into the sheet metal bracket?I had the square cable sheath snap in adapter already snapped in when
I'm pre-alien era, more like the Wiz era...I'm melting..melting...oh what a world ..what a world...
I had the square cable sheath snap in adapter already snapped in when
I mounted the bracket. Then I pushed the cable up in there, but not far enough or secure enough. If
I had worked as hard making sure that the cable was secure, as I did making sure the bracket was secure,
then this never would have happened. Basically I screwed up by not screwing it in. It did stay in place
for 13 months. This time I'll make sure that a good tug won't pull it out. Perhaps I'll reinforce it with some cable ties
as extra insurance. I think I'll need to shorten the ball chain a bit.
If you used that same nut and just pushed the sheath through it, it almost certainly would not grip onto the sheath correctly. ??That's what I'm sayin'. Thus the "Well DUH" comment I made. You've just said the same thing but used a whole bunch of words to do
Unless I am missing something which is entirely possible. ??
Pre- alien? Doesn't seem possible. That movie was made back in the early days of the LED.
That's what I'm sayin'. Thus the "Well DUH" comment I made. You've just said the same thing but used a whole bunch of words to do
it. You practicing for running for office soon? It did hold it somehow for 13 months, but since I was hoping for somewhat longer (that's what she said), I would have to agree that pushing it in doesn't hold it correctly.
Yeah sorta, in my attempt to save others from the same dumb mistake, I tried to call myself a dumb ass so no one else would
( I think the term is preemptive strike?) . You haven't, but you are building a fancy frame around it and putting it up in lights!
It's OK, I can handle it , I just hope the whole post doesn't have a negative affect on the Rostra selection
for others, because it really is a fine unit. It has added considerable benefit for my enjoyment of the touring side of the C14, as much
or more than I think the near term install of a set of PR3s will add to the Sport side of my C14.
I think it's pretty clear by now (Thanks Brian! ) that this was MY screw up
and in no way should it have a negative or chilling effect on others considering the Rostra install.
I just hope I don't have to take off that bottom cover to fix this, as I have a Top Block slider there now
that wasn't there when I did the Rostra install.
Yeah, in addition to being a Rostra install screw up, I'm old too. OK, maybe I didn't see the Wizard of Oz when it
was first released, but I did see "The Thing (from another world)" [1951]with James Arness
on a round CRT black and white Philco TV as a kid.
We kept the TV next to the rotary dial telephone that had the old dial tone.
...but we digress.
So just to stay on topic, don't do what I did. Screw the sheath into the snap-in adapter!
Hey, I am not breaking your chops Marty, just trying to understand what you were talking about. And as I already said, I am a bit surprised the sheath even fit in the plastic nut without being threaded first. And I was not trying to call you anything- if I was, I would just come out and say it. Everybody 'steps in it' now and then and your mishap certainly was not horrible, especially so because it did not cause harm beyond what sounds like a mild annoyance.No worries, I took it in a friendly way. (I was even smiling while I typed) I thought you were just jabbing a little like between friends.
As far as age goes, you may well be older than dirt but I think I am older than you....
Brian
No worries, I took it in a friendly way. (I was even smiling while I typed) I thought you were just jabbing a little like between friends.
I like to think of myself as moderately intelligent with the ability to be a dumb ass.
And bordering on Twit mode....