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What do you call that thing?

Post by renierdev »

Hi guys

What do you call that thing that goes through the fan housing which the accelerator cable runs in?

What to you guys use in stead of that thing - a - ma - jig?

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I call it a "dish-ding"
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a dish ding?
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How about "that tube" ?
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Post by MELLO YELLOW »

No its called a "whats its name"
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Accelerator cable guide tube - well that's what I called it when I needed one and got the correct thing from Road Rat some time back.
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Come on guys,stop messing him around,....Dude,its called a watchu-Mc Callet,named after its inventers,
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Post by fig »

The following terms are also recognised:

Thingumabob
Doohickey
Dingus
Widget
Wotsit

And "that thing that goes through the fan housing which the accelerator cable runs in" also works. :mrgreen:
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i saw a few Beach buggys were the feul cable is not running at all trew the fan housing
have nothing on the cards now, but have a red beach buggy in sight that I want
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Post by hitlers revenge »

Suzie, what planet you from. Fuel lines don't run through the fan housing, they go around the outside. The accelarator cable goes through the fan housing.
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feul cable HR!!! i havent seen any feul running trew a cable yet, he he he wonder who is now from what plannet he he he

then let me refrase it " i have see a few beach buggys were the accelerator cable is not running trew the fan housing"
have nothing on the cards now, but have a red beach buggy in sight that I want
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Post by IMPI »

Eish
an piece of 8mm hydraulic hard line with an 8m il washer soldered on does the trick for me
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Well I think you should have all the technical terms now....
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Nr 30?
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Its called a plug:
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