73 mustang throttle cable

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  1. MaverickDan

    MaverickDan I wanna go fast!!!

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    will a 73 mustang throttle cable work with a 302 maverick
     
  2. ratio411

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    Yes and no...
    It uses 2 bolts on the firewall instead of 1.
    The pedal attachment is different too.

    I have put one on a 72 Mav before.
    One of the cable holes lines up with the one hole on the firewall.
    So that was good enough I suppose...
    Then the clip to the pedal is pinned instead of crimped, Sooooo, I put the Stang pedal into the Maverick pedal piviot.
    The pivot that mounts to the inside firewall is totally different, so the arm had to swap to the Mav mount.
    Then the cable could be pinned to the arm and the arm could be mounted to the firewall...
    IIRC, the pedal 'pad' itself had to be swapped too.
    The Stang foot pedal pad was bigger and hit the tranny hump, so we put the smaller Mav foot pedal on the Stang arm.
    In the end, it worked fine... Still on the car, however to 'look' right, it could use another bolt hole drilled into the firewall. Then no one would ever guess.
    Dave
     
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  3. stmanser

    stmanser Looking for a Maverick

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    i bought a universal kit from checker auto parts... it fit great and works good as well
     
  4. Jamie Miles

    Jamie Miles the road warrior

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    All of my Mavericks except my '69.5 have two bolts holding the cable to the firewall. The '69.5 had just a square hole, the cable had had clips the held it in place. I have since drilled a couple of holes and now run a regular cable on it also.
     
  5. ratio411

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    Maybe I got it backwards...
    It's been a while.
    Maybe it was the Stang that had one hole and the firewall had 2.
    Sorry if that is the case.
    Maybe some Mavs are one and some two, cuz I could swear my 75 was one hole? :huh:
    Oh, well.
     
  6. Corbin Johnson

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    Yup, I have owned or seen both one hole throttle cables and two hole cables in Mavs. Also, my 70 Grabber has the square hole clip in one that Jamie described, so I guess that makes three different types of throttle cable attachments.
    -Corbin
     
  7. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    i have seen the 1 and 2 holes...:yup:
    ...frank...:bouncy:
     

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