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    1/15/2025 1:29 PM  #1

    6sally6
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    Ever need to repair a cable control ???

    STOLEN!!!.....Whata great idea.......

    https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/tech-week-control-cable-repair.1229979/#post-14062220

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    Last edited by 6sally6 (1/15/2025 1:30 PM)

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    1/15/2025 2:44 PM  #2

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    Re: Ever need to repair a cable control ???

    Pretty trick, Mike. As long as you have enough inner cable to re-wrap the end without shortening your throws.

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    1/15/2025 3:49 PM  #3

    BobE
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    Re: Ever need to repair a cable control ???

    Sal - thanks for sharing, that is a cool trick.

    65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
     

    1/16/2025 8:07 AM  #4

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    Re: Ever need to repair a cable control ???

    I like that!  I hope I never have to do it, but I like it!

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    1/16/2025 9:49 AM  #5

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    Re: Ever need to repair a cable control ???

    I never had the tool to make those stepped ends on lawn mower throttle cables, but I learned how to do it with a pair of vice grips after my dad showed me.  Made hundreds of them for him.   That was like the number 1 thing that people broke on their mowers back in the day. 

    Now they are all self-govenering.   Dang it, if I want my mower to idle, I want it to idle! 

    Don't get me started on gas cans!   

    Anyways cool tool idea.    I guess that is one thing I inherited from my dad.   "If I need a tool I will make it!"

    Last edited by Greg B (1/16/2025 9:49 AM)

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    1/16/2025 11:44 AM  #6

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    Re: Ever need to repair a cable control ???

    GAS CAN !!!!!!!!!Grrrrr....
    Ya know you can buy a container for potable water and it doesn't have all the 'nanny-state' junk incorperrated  on it.
    Also there IS a way to short circuit the "safety" stuff that makes you spill more gas all over the place !
    (just don't your Democrat friends see it because you 'could' get a hefty-hefty-hefty fine for modifying it.)
    Ain't it great how the gov is  working so hard(pun intended)... to protect us from ourselves while we amass a 30 trillion dollar debt  !
    Ya OK....(nice go'in Greg B !!!)
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    1/23/2025 8:21 AM  #7

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    Re: Ever need to repair a cable control ???

    That's really neat.  I wish there was some hope I'd remember it if I ever found myself in that situation :-/

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