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Old 03-23-2002 | 10:48 PM
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FastDoc98
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Default Throttle control rod

Need some help from the experts of the forum again! When hooking up the throttle line to my FPE 2.4, I used Golden Rod from Sullivan. The throttle arm on the carb of the FPE 2.4 is at a little bit of a down angle, so the rod was curved gently when going back to the servo, a length of about 18 inches. Well, when actuating the servo trying to see about small changes ( for idle), there was a fair amount of play in the line. Small increment changes wouldn't move the throttle arm until you 'bumped' it, then it would move too far. I haven't even fired the engine up yet, but obviously that method would have left me with a 'variable' idle to say the least. Anybody have any tips as to how to use Golden Rods on a curve like that without getting slop?