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Old Feb 6, 2026 | 10:35 AM
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Just bought a barn find 77, working on the carb, the gas pedal has a ton of slack, where do I tighten the cable?
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Originally Posted by Jdetrick
Just bought a barn find 77, working on the carb, the gas pedal has a ton of slack, where do I tighten the cable?
Could you post a photo of what you have?
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What carburetor, original Quadrajet or something else?
Original cable bracket or???
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Originally Posted by Jdetrick
Just bought a barn find 77, working on the carb, the gas pedal has a ton of slack, where do I tighten the cable?
It’s got a Holley 600 vacuum secondary carb
It’s got a Holley 600 vacuum secondary carb
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I took the gas pedal assembly out of my 77 and bent it to bring it farther away from the floor. I heated it up with a torch.
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Your cable looks totally hammered. As in Shot. The home made bracket looks like it's already pulled pretty far back. Making me think the rod end of the pedal assembly is bent. Happens sometimes on C3's. Guy press it to the floor so hard they bend the end the cable hooks to on the pedal assembly. But seriously, here's a couple pictures of the original cable on my 77 also with a non factory carb set-up.
Note you cant see bare wire.
Note you can't see bare wire.
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