The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Throttle cable question/issue

I own a '54 3600. This image from the factory assembly manual shows the throttle control cable attached to the accelerator lever rod.

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The PO of my truck had the throttle cable hooked up to where the choke control gets attached and no choke cable. I moved the throttle cable to where it is shown in pic and also added a new choke control cable.

My problem? With the throttle connected to the accelerator lever rod the throttle knob is pushed out every time I accelerate. Also, the throttle cable does not "slide" back in when I lift off the gas pedal. Obviously, something is not right!

Any thoughts?

It sounds like the cable is binding on the linkeage. Mine dide the same thing, and it was a new cable. Double check the routing to make sure
there is no severe kinks in it and that it slides freely on the lever rod when the foot pedal is operated. I ended up disconnecting mine as I didn't use it and my engine has been modified with an Offy manifold and dual Holley
1904's.

It's hard to tell by looking at the picture but the rod should slide up and down the cable when the pedal is depressed and released. Under normal use the cable shouldn't move. The cable clip should pull up on the rod when the cable knob is pulled out. You either have something binding or you have hard wired the rod to the cable.