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Offline lotuseater

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Heater, choke and throttle cable route
« on: Wednesday,April 13, 2016, 11:36:27 PM »
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Thought these would be straightforward !  RHD 1969 Europa S2
Throttle cable - Pedal linkage/arm is in N/S (LHS) footwell. From this the outer cable attaches to a plate /cover fixed to the tunnel side wall near the passengers right leg, but  the angle which it attached looks weird according to the holes that I'm going off. Does the cable then run along the floor under the edge of the seat and out through the bulkhead at floor level under the chassis OR up onto the top of the tunnel and under the console , out through the bulkhead with the wiring loom?

Heater and choke cables: Do they exit via the wiring loom grommet or do they have their own holes? Or do they go down through the chassis?

I didn't take the car apart and many holes have been glassed over....

All advice welcomed.
Richard

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Re: Heater, choke and throttle cable route
« Reply #1 on: Thursday,April 14, 2016, 05:39:17 AM »
The choke and heater cables go through the backbone. On the US cars, the clutch cable runs along the tunnel on the floor and straight out and the accelerator cable went along the tunnel, crossed over and out. The clutch cable is so stout, there's likely only one way for it to go and the accelerator cable is so flexible, it can go almost anywhere.

Good luck!

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Re: Heater, choke and throttle cable route
« Reply #2 on: Thursday,April 14, 2016, 10:08:46 AM »
For a TCS, both the heater valve cable (more like a stiff 1 strand wire) and the choke cable go straight from the front of the centre armrest into the black hole and through the chassis near to the hand brake cable and the radiator flow and return pipes.

For a RHD TCS car, the accelerator cable goes from high up by the right foot of the passenger,diagonally along the left side of the centre chassis tunnel, and out through a hole where the firewall meets the floor to the right rear of the passenger seat.

For a RHD TCS, the clutch cable is held by a bracket where the tunnel meets the floor about under where your left knee (driver) would touch the floor if your left leg were double jointed. It then goes along the bottom by the left side of the seat and out of a similar mirror image hole that the accelerator cable exits on the other side of the tunnel, where the firewall meets the floor behind the driver's seat.

The clutch cable has two different types of brackets to hold the outer cable by the bottom of the engine. It can either be welded to the left Y leg of the chassis, or it can be a bracket held with 2 x 1/2" head or 5/16 UNC bolts to the block.   

Alex in Norfolk.

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Re: Heater, choke and throttle cable route
« Reply #3 on: Thursday,April 14, 2016, 11:05:45 AM »
Well that saved me having to ask those questions. Thanks.