1. Thank God for hand throttles that work.
My throttle cable snapped on the big pass right before going down into Globe. I usually have everything I could possibly need to make a repair on the road, and in fact had a brand new one sitting on the shelf at home. I managed to limp into the Chevron station with the hand throttle, where I parked and then called Tim Hill. He said, if necessary he could bring one to Globe for me, but suggested I call Dave Gore.
I called Dave, and he said he had one, but was in Phoenix and wouldn't be back into Globe for at least 3 hours. He suggested I go by Manzel's shop and see if he had one or could figure out something.
Manzel didn't have one, but went to his trash bin and said he had something that might work. It not only worked, but got me to Payson and beyond, plus a whole week of offroad hunting, and then back to Tucson. Check out the pic. The piece of cable that he used to splice was from a late model windshield wiper assembly.
My throttle cable snapped on the big pass right before going down into Globe. I usually have everything I could possibly need to make a repair on the road, and in fact had a brand new one sitting on the shelf at home. I managed to limp into the Chevron station with the hand throttle, where I parked and then called Tim Hill. He said, if necessary he could bring one to Globe for me, but suggested I call Dave Gore.
I called Dave, and he said he had one, but was in Phoenix and wouldn't be back into Globe for at least 3 hours. He suggested I go by Manzel's shop and see if he had one or could figure out something.
Manzel didn't have one, but went to his trash bin and said he had something that might work. It not only worked, but got me to Payson and beyond, plus a whole week of offroad hunting, and then back to Tucson. Check out the pic. The piece of cable that he used to splice was from a late model windshield wiper assembly.
