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FORD EL
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:18 pm 
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hey all how do i shorten my accelerator cable on my el and is it ok 2 do so

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:36 pm 
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why the f**k would you want to unless you are putting an bigger throttle on it.....

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:12 pm 
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yeh i dun no why u would want to do that but pliers would do it.

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:03 pm 
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Its the new cool thing, chop your springs.......chop your accelerator cable :p Nah mate, what do you need a shorter cable for? I can only imagine yea, different equipment, or you're using it on a gokart or somthing.

 

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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:58 pm 
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or its stretched and he is too tight to buy a new one
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:16 pm 
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akademiks wrote:
or its stretched and he is too tight to buy a new one


Thats what i was thinking....

But there is no real way to tighten your accelerator cable, better off just replacing it.

 

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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:34 pm 
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stomper wrote:
akademiks wrote:
or its stretched and he is too tight to buy a new one


Thats what i was thinking....

But there is no real way to tighten your accelerator cable, better off just replacing it.


Impossible anyway, ballclips on each end true??

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:52 am 
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raff-26 wrote:
stomper wrote:
akademiks wrote:
or its stretched and he is too tight to buy a new one


Thats what i was thinking....

But there is no real way to tighten your accelerator cable, better off just replacing it.


Impossible anyway, ballclips on each end true??


yep

just buy new one they are either 55 or 74 bucks i forget which
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:58 am 
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if it's stretched buy a new one..
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:07 pm 
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noticed FORD EL hasn't replyed hmmmmm

 

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