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Philgoodtoo · 04-23-2019, 12:19 PM

I went to install a new accelerator return spring on the firewall linkage of my 48 coupe. Slid it on and set it in the manner I thought would work, and I found the spring had no tension. What am I missing here? Does the spring have to be winded in anyway?

petehoovie · 04-23-2019, 12:21 PM

Wind the spring 360 degrees to increase its tension....

35fordtn · 04-23-2019, 12:28 PM

Do you mind me asking where you purchased your spring?

Philgoodtoo · 04-23-2019, 12:36 PM

I purchased it from Third Gen, where I buy most of my quality parts. Great service.

35fordtn · 04-23-2019, 12:57 PM

Geez, that'd be from us... I ask only as we got a bad batch of these springs in a while back and a few got sent off without my catching it in time.. They were not wound properly. Yours might be one of those.

Can you PM me your name so I can find you in the computer and I'll overnight a NOS spring to you.

Philgoodtoo · 04-23-2019, 12:58 PM

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Thanks, petehoovie.

35fordtn · 04-23-2019, 03:39 PM

Phil,
Attached is a photo of a NOS (right) and a correct reproduction (left). I have disposed of the incorrect new ones so I do not have a photo. However on the ones bent wrong, the loop or hook on the left as photographed would be bent downward instead of upward as photo’d. They are a bear to install and you do, as mentioned above have to twist them at a near 360 degrees to install. Be ready for sore fingers!

I have overnighted you a replacement as we are closed the next ten days and I didn’t wish to risk you not having a correct one, even though yours I believe is the correct one after looking through sales dates.

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tubman · 04-23-2019, 06:04 PM

I, for one, am very impressed by this example of excellent customer service, Kudos to you.

Philgoodtoo · 04-24-2019, 01:26 PM

Thank you so much 35ford tn.

papanomad · 04-24-2019, 02:01 PM

you can't go wrong with 35fordtn for parts and service.

04-23-2019, 12:19 PM	#1
Philgoodtoo Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 27	48 Coupe Acelerator Return Spring I went to install a new accelerator return spring on the firewall linkage of my 48 coupe. Slid it on and set it in the manner I thought would work, and I found the spring had no tension. What am I missing here? Does the spring have to be winded in anyway?

04-23-2019, 12:21 PM	#2
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,144	Re: 48 Coupe Acelerator Return Spring Wind the spring 360 degrees to increase its tension.... __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0

04-23-2019, 12:28 PM	#3
35fordtn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: McMinnville, TN Posts: 2,327	Re: 48 Coupe Acelerator Return Spring Do you mind me asking where you purchased your spring?

04-23-2019, 12:36 PM	#4
Philgoodtoo Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 27	Re: 48 Coupe Acelerator Return Spring I purchased it from Third Gen, where I buy most of my quality parts. Great service.

04-23-2019, 12:57 PM	#5
35fordtn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: McMinnville, TN Posts: 2,327	Re: 48 Coupe Acelerator Return Spring Geez, that'd be from us... I ask only as we got a bad batch of these springs in a while back and a few got sent off without my catching it in time.. They were not wound properly. Yours might be one of those. Can you PM me your name so I can find you in the computer and I'll overnight a NOS spring to you. Last edited by 35fordtn; 04-23-2019 at 01:06 PM.

04-23-2019, 12:58 PM	#6
Philgoodtoo Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 27	Re: 48 Coupe Acelerator Return Spring Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks, petehoovie.

04-23-2019, 03:39 PM	#7
35fordtn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: McMinnville, TN Posts: 2,327	Re: 48 Coupe Acelerator Return Spring Phil, Attached is a photo of a NOS (right) and a correct reproduction (left). I have disposed of the incorrect new ones so I do not have a photo. However on the ones bent wrong, the loop or hook on the left as photographed would be bent downward instead of upward as photo’d. They are a bear to install and you do, as mentioned above have to twist them at a near 360 degrees to install. Be ready for sore fingers! I have overnighted you a replacement as we are closed the next ten days and I didn’t wish to risk you not having a correct one, even though yours I believe is the correct one after looking through sales dates. IMG_4816.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by 35fordtn; 04-23-2019 at 03:46 PM.

04-23-2019, 06:04 PM	#8
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 10,319	Re: 48 Coupe Acelerator Return Spring I, for one, am very impressed by this example of excellent customer service, Kudos to you.

04-24-2019, 01:26 PM	#9
Philgoodtoo Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 27	Re: 48 Coupe Acelerator Return Spring Thank you so much 35ford tn.

04-24-2019, 02:01 PM	#10
papanomad Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: clear lake, iowa Posts: 157	Re: 48 Coupe Acelerator Return Spring you can't go wrong with 35fordtn for parts and service.