Posted 2018-08-08 1:29 PM (#568071 - in reply to #568024) Subject: RE: How to adjust factory throttle linkage 1959 Dodge
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Cataldo - 2018-08-07 6:17 PM
I have a 440 with thermoquad and a 1964 tf727 in the car with the original linkage.
I assume this is in your '59 Sierra? Since neither that motor or trans were available in '59, what linkage is "original"?
The '59 throttle linkage opens the carb by pushing on the bottom of the carb lever while the TQ is pulled open from the top of the carb lever. It might take some creative fabricating to get the leverage ratios correct.
As for the transmission linkage, the basic setup is to have the transmission lever full forward with the carb at curb idle and the lever near full back at WOT.