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Re: Europa-List: Solid Throttle cable centre

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Solid Throttle cable centre
From: Gilles Thesee <Gilles.Thesee@acgrenoble.fr>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 00:38:39

Fergus Kyle a crit :

>
>Cheers,
>        I'm struggling with marrying the 914 to the firewall and note that 
>already one of the installed throttle cables is kinking. Admittedly, the 
>return spring is not on the engine end, but once is kinks the likelihood 
>exists.........
>        So presume to install a solid wire instead and wonder if someone 
>else has good advice on this. 'Piano' wire comes to mind but not sure of the 
>replacement diameter needed, nor of rusting considerations. 
>
I have installed piano wire for throttle cables in our 914 projects, and 
it works quite well. Not sure of the exact diameter, but I'll check.

FWIW
Regards,
Gilles Thesee
Grenoble, France
http://contrails.free.fr



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