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    Posted: 25 Feb. 2017 at 3:10pm
If  you ever need to replace the wires /cables for you original coke or throttles it is a pretty simple job. (I did this because I wanted to retain the original dash knobs.)

1. Unhook the cable from the carburetor.
2. Pull the cable out of its mounted shroud in the dash.  No need to remove the shroud from the dash just pull the cable out into the passenger compartment.
3. Put the cable into a vise so that the cable is held tightly in the vise jaws with about 3/8" space between the swedged tube that leads to the knob and the vise jaws.
4. Using a small nail puller, cam the puller so that it lifts the swedged tube off of the end of the cable being replaced. Note that the old wire is only swedged into the tube about 1/4 inch.
5. Take your new cable material and place it on a metal surface and strike it with a hammer so that the last 1/4" is slightly out of round.
6.  Insert the new slightly out of round cable end into the hole in knob tube where the old cable was remove.  If it will not go in you may have gotten the end to far out to round and will need to file or reshape it a little to get it to fit.  You need to insert the new cable the full 1/4 inch into swedged end of the tube.
7.  Position the swedged end of the tube with the new cable inserted into the jaws of a vise and reswedge the tube on to the new cable.  Note that the original swedge was done in two directions so you will want to make two pressing/ swedging 90 degrees out from each other like the original factory swedge.  A possible improvement  to this method of swedging would be to make the second swedge only on the bottom 1/8" of the tube.
8. Take a small file and dress any high points on your new swedge that extend above the diameter of the knob tubes diameter.
9.  Test solidness of you swedging.  It should be solidly held in the tube like you original.  If not pull the wire and re swedge.  You probably only get on additional try out of original swedge hole if you fail in your first attempt.
10. Reinsert the cable back into its dash shroud and attach the new cable to the carburetor per the OEM design.
11. Test the replacement cable by pulling it to its farthermost extent of its range. Once at the extent of its range give it a hard tough make sure you have done a good job. 


Edited by Stev - 26 Feb. 2017 at 1:17am
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Interesting. I didn't know you could do that. I've spent hours straightening choke & throttle cable "shafts"(GM's word).     Thanks Stev!  BW
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Thanks Stev!
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How about replacing the outer sheathing? Ever tried that? I need to do that on some heater control cables.
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