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Old 07-23-2018, 05:39 PM   #1
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Default Throttle rod question

I am working out the details of getting my Town Sedan going smoothly and have a question about the throttle rod.

The vehicle was ideling a bit fast so I made sure the hand throttle was fully up and adjusted the stop on the carburetor, but the stop did nothing because the hand throttle was stopping it from bottoming out.

I saw no adjustment so I bent the rod between the steering column and V thing.
Then I could use the stop on the carb.
Did I miss some place to make an adjustment or is there a better way?
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Old 07-23-2018, 06:42 PM   #2
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Year,7 or 2 tooth
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Old 07-23-2018, 08:10 PM   #3
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bend the arm on the throttle where the rod from carb to to throttle goes sometimes u have to also bend the throttle arm on carb also
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Old 07-23-2018, 09:05 PM   #4
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No bending necessary,3031 turn column.loosen gas tank clamp and clamp lower area eng compartment, rotate.
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Thanks Gary-- It's a 31 town sedan.
I did some work on the steering box so that makes sense.
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Keep an eye on the spark advance limits when doing this.

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Old 07-24-2018, 04:41 PM   #7
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Thanks Gary-- It's a 31 town sedan.
I did some work on the steering box so that makes sense.
I did some work and didn’t get the clamp tight, I was in a hurry to go for a test drive :-( After rework, I got to go for another test drive :-)
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