Installing a replacement cable assembly (used, stock, not repro or service). There is 3.0 inches of wire protruding from the spiral sheath [don't know if this is factory or whether some has been cut off].
I'd like feedback on what adjustments to make before I bend the wire at the end. The '65 AIM (UPC 11-13, Sht B6) has the following note, ambiguous IMO:
"adjust cable asm. so that there will be 1/8 +/- 1/16 free travel of cable before brass retainer (item 32) is contacted. See item 45 (instruction to "bend wire after asm.")
What do operations and chassis judges normally expect / look for in travel and under-hood configuration ?
Picture on my '65 shows cable end when release T-handle pushed fully in. There's about 1/8" free play (when pulling handle out) before lever / swing arm contacts the hood catch lever/latch (the one with return spring). Shows 0.61" of wire protruding forward of the brass stop. The instructions seem vague to me; should the bend be directly after the stop, or should there be 1/8", or more ? Should the bend in the wire act solely as back-up if the stop set screw allows slippage ? I was thinking of a 3/16" bent length, leaving 0.42" of straight wire between the brass stop and the bend (for future adjusment, if necessary).
Strange; I've R&R'ed these things many times in the 4 decades I've owned C2s (except for a 3 year lapse on a new C3). Back then, if it opened the hood, mission accomplished.
I'd like feedback on what adjustments to make before I bend the wire at the end. The '65 AIM (UPC 11-13, Sht B6) has the following note, ambiguous IMO:
"adjust cable asm. so that there will be 1/8 +/- 1/16 free travel of cable before brass retainer (item 32) is contacted. See item 45 (instruction to "bend wire after asm.")
What do operations and chassis judges normally expect / look for in travel and under-hood configuration ?
Picture on my '65 shows cable end when release T-handle pushed fully in. There's about 1/8" free play (when pulling handle out) before lever / swing arm contacts the hood catch lever/latch (the one with return spring). Shows 0.61" of wire protruding forward of the brass stop. The instructions seem vague to me; should the bend be directly after the stop, or should there be 1/8", or more ? Should the bend in the wire act solely as back-up if the stop set screw allows slippage ? I was thinking of a 3/16" bent length, leaving 0.42" of straight wire between the brass stop and the bend (for future adjusment, if necessary).
Strange; I've R&R'ed these things many times in the 4 decades I've owned C2s (except for a 3 year lapse on a new C3). Back then, if it opened the hood, mission accomplished.
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