"69 tri-power throttle cable

[Tom L.]

I have a friend that has a '69 L-71 and he just found that the throttle cable is shot. He e-mailed me this:

"The tri-power setup uses a different cable that is 1 inch shorter due to carb mounting and is not reproduced. I saw a NOS one on ebay for $450. Not good news. From what I have read, if I use the standard cable it may bind because of the kink caused by the longer length."

Is this correct or is a reproduction availible somewhere?? Thanks for the help!!

[Jack C.]

Re: "69 tri-power throttle cable

I think you can give it a more sweeping dip behind the valve cover than the more direct route that the original one takes. I shouldn't bind.

[Grahame M.]

Re: "69 tri-power throttle cable

I have the longer one on my 427/400 and it works perfectly.
Cheers
Grahame

[Joe L.]

Re: "69 tri-power throttle cable

I have a friend that has a '69 L-71 and he just found that the throttle cable is shot. He e-mailed me this:

"The tri-power setup uses a different cable that is 1 inch shorter due to carb mounting and is not reproduced. I saw a NOS one on ebay for $450. Not good news. From what I have read, if I use the standard cable it may bind because of the kink caused by the longer length."

Is this correct or is a reproduction availible somewhere?? Thanks for the help!!

Lynn------



Early 1969 with 3X2 used the longer cable although a different bracket was also used. All 1968's did, too.

As far as I know, there is currently no reproduction available for the shorter cable. However, I could see this happening in the future------if they can reproduce the longer one, they can reproduce the shorter one.

[Tom L.]

Re: "69 tri-power throttle cable

Thanks for the help, it's nice to hear that the availible cable is at least functional. I'll pass the info along.