Throttle Cable

[BillC99]

First nice day and what happens? Bloody throttle cable breaks!

Anyone any idea what car they are off or is it a specialist TVR ?

Cheers!

[EGB]

Clever Trevor has them. I keep one as a spare. If it broke at the throttle pedal end nipple and have enough long end, use an electrical screw connector to connect to the pedal. Does the work of the nipple.

[Hedgehopper]

I used a pushbike inner repair cable from Halfords....£2.95 or so. Works just fine.

[P400PLS]

Bill, fairly certain it's a TVR special given the connections at either end and the adjustment nuts.
I bought one from Clever Trevor 6 months ago and after reading accounts of how to fit this got the tool box out.

It's not a quick job. Small hands and body would help but as I have neither access in the football is a challenge. Took me about 4 hours.

Edited by P400PLS on Monday 8th October 08:20

[Goaty Bill]

I would strongly recommend getting the 'real deal' from Clever Trevor or other specialist TVR supplier .
I had mine repaired a couple of times road-side with a new cable up the original sleeve.
It worked fine, but it never lasted long (maybe a year).

Finally got around to having it replaced properly, and still going strong. It's already outlasted the two fixes combined.

[chim666]

When adjusting the new cable, just make sure that when the pedal's to the metal, the cable's not tight as a guitar string! Keep a little bit of slack in it.

[BillC99]

Cheers all,
Replacement ordered.
Hopefully back on the road for the weekend for Oulton Park!

[rev-erend]

It's always worth keeping a bicycle brake cable and an electrical connector block in the boot as a spare.