Might be better posted in the Defender section
I had a hand throttle on one of my 4 x 4's. It used a ratchet mechanism that released the throttle as soon as the accelerator pedal was pressed. Apart from slowing down on motorway inclines, it worked very well.Extra choke cable.
Of course add it to the throttle side
That reminds me of a chap i used to work with at the bull centre. We had an old 1977 SWB S3 diesel which we had to use for towing the horse box to occasionally go and fetch or return a bull. It had the old hand ratchet throttle. It didn't give you full throttle but Colin didn't mind. He often get on the motorway, crank the hand throttle up to the max and then drive with both legs on the seats beside him. What with not getting full throttle and towing what could be over two ton with an old 2 and a quarter diesel, it wasn't like he had to overtake anything...Back in the 'seventies when I was driving sand/ballast most of the deliveries were local but on occasions when a longer trip was called for cruise control was employed to relieve the calf muscles of my right leg as the loud pedal was heavy when pressed to the floor for long periods.
I can hear some of you older guys saying 'didn't know trucks had cruise control back then'
'Oh yes they did .. a length of wood jammed between the top of the 'organ' accelerator pedal & the substantial (in those days) lower dash
Did they come with cruise control then? My old '96 Disco 300TDi had it but it never worked. Apparantly it worked somehow, off the vacuum system. Someone pointed out the pipe that ran along the bulkhead that looked more like raw edge protection sleeving as it was split along most of the length was probably the reason it didn't work.
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