Hey guys,

The next in what seems like a never ending line of problems with this car has now surfaced. I'm going to try and explain it the best I can, but I'm not too sure of most of the terminology, and will probably be resorting to a workshop manual for most of it.

So the car has twin HS4's on it, the throttle linkage set up was previously a bit dodgy looking, it had a plate bolted under the outlet to the brake booster that had a 90 degree bend in the end of it with two tiny holes, these two holes were for the springs for the throttle return. This looked and always felt a bit dodgy and I couldn't find any springs that gave the pedal a decent feel, so I decided to buy the HS4 heat shield set up with the cross bar for the springs See: http://www.minisport.com/mini-spare-par ... BF169.html


So when it arrived I felt like a king and went to go install it, it fit fine and looks like it does everything it was meant to. So I went to bolt he carby's back on when I realised I had a slight problem in the fact the the springs couldn't attach on to the carby and rotate to full throttle without wrapping themselves around the linkage bar.

So long story short I think I need a new "Throttle Lever" plate looking thing that is a bit different to the one I have.

I took a couple pictures hoping that the they may explain it a little better:

Fully open:

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(I hope they're the right way round)

So what I think I need is a new plate with the holes for the springs in different positions, is this correct?

Does anyone know where I would locate such a part?

Thank-you for any help guys.

Jordan

I think you'll need a different linkage, the HS4 twins should, if I remember right, use the same linkage/balance rod, as HS2's. Yours looks like it's 2 originally singles made into twins. this might help. You'll notice the lver in picture (with no number) is different.

https://www.minispares.com/catalogues/c ... spx?1~6~55

http://www.minispares.com/product/Class ... lassic/hs2 twin .aspx|Back to search

That's the linkage kit I purchased, that all fits fine, however there is no way for me to fit a throttle return spring using the current bracket.plate thing on the carbys.

And I cant seem to find new correctly shaped ones anywhere.

The no number bit in diagram definately looks different to me. Don't know why it has no number. Your spring mount arm looks at different angle.

Thanks for the help peter, I'll shoot them through an email and see if they know anything.