Replacing Accelerator Cable

[Oldman]

Courtesy of Rev (Ian) :

I have needed to change the accelerator cable for a while now and I finally got time today.

You will need:

A new accelerator cable 

10mm socket 

10mm spanner

Set of Alan Keys

Grease

I Also Used

A sandwich bag

Some Kite String  

First things I did was remove the covering plate under the front of the car using the 10mm socket.





Next (moving to the engine) I loosened the 10mm nut that attached the accelerator cable to the carby linkage (using the 10mm spanner) and removed the springs.



In order to be able to pull the cable through you will also need to remove the bit that attaches to the carby linage from the end if the cable with the alan key.

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With the cable fully released from the carby linkage I pulled the cable through the fire wall from behind the engine (crawling in from behind the wheels). I was a little concerned about pushing the new cable through the tube so I decided to tie some string to the end of the cable before pulling it through. I have a collection of kites so I used one of my spare kite strings but I guess you could use fishing line or other heavy duty string.



The cable pulled through with the string attached without any problems. 





I knew I had to lubricate the new cable and while Doc suggested graphite powder, the old cable was already covered in grease and the tube the cable goes through was full of it as well. So I decided to stick with the grease.



To lubricate the cable I decided to fill a sandwich bag with grease and pass the cable through the bag.