Build 30. Clutch and Throttle Cable

Clutch Cable

The next job was to tidy up the clutch cable and this meant utilising some of the left over water expansion hose. I simply unravelled my clutch cable, and measured a length of hose next to it and cut it to size. I then used my vice to safely and easily splice the hose which would then be used to wrap around the clutch cable. Once this was done, I used 6 cable ties at even lengths to secure it to the cable and neatly secure it in the chassis

Throttle Cable

For the throttle cable I'd already read blogs about people bending the pedal and all sorts to get the full range. The cable that came with my kit did not look the same as the other blogs cables, or the cable that was represented in the manual, so I was hopeful that I wouldn't need to do this.

First you have to remove the pedal box cover, which I used an electric screwdriver for and then some ratchet spanners on the harder to reach bolts. I safely stored the fixings in another box, so it can be easily refit after I'd completed the work in here.

I then threaded the cable through the hole in the pedal box and attached the ball end to the pedal, this was a tight fit and so I utilised a nylon hammer and pin punch to knock it safely into the recess that was made for it. Once this was done I attached the other end to the throttle lever at the end of the plenum.

Once both ends were attached, I then attached the the fixings using the two plates to the plenum, I found that I could easily adjust the nuts on here to give the throttle pedal and valve it's full operating movement without any need to bend the pedal. I kept testing the pedal movement, and the throttle valve movement when doing this until it was open and closed fully. I did have to adjust the throttle stop plate in the cockpit by a few mm (to allow it to move more) but that was easy enough to do with two 13mm spanners. Once I was happy I tightened all the bolts up and got in the car and tested the pedal.

The final job was to put a tiny blob of silicon on top of the pedal as suggested in the manual, just to give it some extra help in staying in the right position.

I haven't put the pedal cover back on as I will shortly be attaching the steering column, which has work inside here too.

Timelapse