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I supported Toymods
Location:
Turramurra, Sydney.
Registered:
May 2002
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Snapped throttle cable!
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Mon, 14 April 2003 05:43
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After waking up sunday morning, I was playing around with my car & decided I needed to go up to Auto 1 for a few things. It was an uneventful trip, but as I headed home I decided, "bugger it, I'm keen to go for a cruise".
So I turned around, & headed up the Old Pac Hwy.
It was a typical sunday, hundreds of bikes out, and every single car I went past was something special.
First an old GT falcon, in schmicko condition. Then a lotus elise with some sweet looking racing bodykit. Then a shelby cobra, replica no doubt. Then porsches & skylines & rexs. It was a really good day to be out cruising.
Anyway, I had a nice drive heading north, and when I got to intersection just down from Peats Ridge I hung a right & headed towards Kariong, which has got to be one of the best sections of the old pac.
So I followed it along to the roundabout, & started heading back, & was having the nicest run, really getting stuck into my new tires, when all of a sudden, my foot sinks to the floor & there's nothing, no throttle art all!
I was going quick enough to be able to roll to a good spot to pull over, & it'd snapped right where it's clamped to the pedal. I was there trying to fix it for about 30min with car after car & bike after bike hammering past!
Eventually I ended up crimping it back together with a blue size electrical connector, & drove the 50 or so kms home on about 25% throttle!
If the electrical connector didn't work though, my next option would have been the bonnet release cable. 
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Snapped throttle cable!
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BigWorm | Mon, 14 April 2003 05:43 |
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Bugman | Mon, 14 April 2003 07:13 |
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Jason | Mon, 14 April 2003 07:28 |
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draven | Mon, 14 April 2003 09:12 |
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Rolla Boy | Mon, 14 April 2003 11:17 |
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Pumpkin | Tue, 15 April 2003 04:10 |
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Lucid | Tue, 15 April 2003 09:48 |
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THE WITZL | Wed, 16 April 2003 06:23 |
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BigWorm | Wed, 23 April 2003 15:10 |
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Pumpkin | Thu, 24 April 2003 08:21 |
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Rolla Boy | Thu, 24 April 2003 11:08 |
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BigWorm | Thu, 24 April 2003 12:49 |
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Rolla Boy | Thu, 24 April 2003 13:18 |
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EldarO | Sat, 01 January 2005 16:53 |
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xolent | Sat, 26 March 2005 12:11 |
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SirLyndon | Mon, 28 March 2005 22:21 |
