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Camaro Research Group Discussion => Maintenance => Topic started by: fsc66 on April 06, 2017, 01:51:05 AM
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Interesting article:
(http://i64.tinypic.com/f1b7k2.jpg)
Paul
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Yup, I have a few of those recall cable kits. Show judging does not like them on, though.
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Judges don't like to see these?
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That is because your car did not leave the factory with it. (This would be the kind of topic that would fit A judged category on CRG)
I like that my car has it, and I have a few newspaper clippings from the original owner as well. The owner of my car was so paranoid about it, he has a cable installed on both motor mounts.... :o
People are funny.. :)
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Dealer installed new inter-locking mounts on my car, because it had headers and kit wouldn't fit.
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Yup, I have a few of those recall cable kits. Show judging does not like them on, though.
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Given that the part was a 'safety recall' addition, it's difficult for me to believe that any judging organization DISCOUNTS points for it? Although they could certainly declare it not a part of factory production.. :)
I have a personal story re the 'safety' aspect... In 1966 (I was in HS barely of driving age), I had the family car - a '66 Caprice with 327/275 and PG? .. It was probably the first time I'd taken that car out by myself and turning into a shopping center, I floored the accelerator trying to 'turn a tire' for a second.. and immediately came off the throttle... but. unfortunately, the accerator remained FLOORED! (scaring the dog crap out of me!).. I stomped the brake, stomped the accelerator, shifted to neutral and probably turned the key off... and managed somehow to stop the acceleration.. but I remember the fright it caused me to this day! (and the bad thing is that I could not even tell my father about the issue... :)_ )
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Ever since this Camaro was found a couple years back in an Oklahoma lake, I have wondered if it was lost in 1970 to a jammed throttle from a faulty motor mount. Seems it could very easily have been caused by one. Maybe they will have a report on it one day......................http://www.newson6.com/story/23528624/car-recovered-from-foss-lake-shows-signs-of-wreck
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A 1967 Camaro RS I used to own that I bought from the original owner had the restraints on both sides, the one like in abiddle's photo on the drivers side and just a cable looped around the exhaust manifold and a arm on the passenger side.
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Back in the 'old days', we used to tie down the engines using turnbuckles, so it could be adjusted to be nearly a direct bolt onto the frame... :) (that was before GM's introduction of the 'fix'...)..
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A 1967 Camaro RS I used to own that I bought from the original owner had the restraints on both sides, the one like in abiddle's photo on the drivers side and just a cable looped around the exhaust manifold and a arm on the passenger side.
Funny, maybe that car and mine had the same mechanic...obvious overkill
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Here's the letter sent to owners of those vehicle involved in the recall.
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The cable is a band-aid. The fix is interlocking motor mounts, but that was too expensive for 6 million+ cars.
Non-interlocking was a bad design - note that none of the other GM divisions had that design.
This issue is also what drove the change to throttle cables instead of linkages.