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How do you get the "blinkity blink" nut off the choke cable housing? I can see it (upside down under the steering wheel), but I can't get to the "d**m" thing. I got a wrench up to loosen it, but that is it. I can't get another turn or get my hand up through the wires, etc. It is a 73 MGB GT. Any help before I use the gas wrench.

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Where is your choke located? I had to remove one of my big instruments to get my hand up inside my '67 GT's dash
 
Driver's compartment, right side of steering wheel, right side of fuel guage, up towards the top of the dash, recesesed in the dash. This is next to the console but you can't reach it through the console.

Tony, great response on the "other" topic. We need to help everyone not drive them off.

Bruce L
 
Thanks, Bruce...now, pull the big instrument & wrangle your hand up through it...or the harder route: pull the fresh air vents!
 
You mean the speedo? I think I can get to the mounting nuts for it.

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Yep...if you can get the speedo off, you should be able to reach the choke cable...there may be another way but that's how I get to mine....if anybody knows of another, I'd like to learn also!
 
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Would you like my list? Its a bit longer than 1. Yet, I still love 'em!
 
The choke cable is out. Went in through the speedo hole and was able to spin the nut off and the cable came right out. Now, I have to see if I can get everything back together the way it is suppose to go. Now that the speedo is out what do I use to correct the erratic needle movement in the speedo. I have sprayed Fluid Film in the cable connector and as far as I could in the cable. Do I dare pull out the center and relube?

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If you don't it WILL continue to "dance."

Pull out the drive cable, check it for 'spurs' etc., remove the sheath connected at the tranny and pump grease from the speedo end into it. Lithium grease. Shove the (cleaned, inspected) cable back through, reconnect all and there ya go.
 
Clean the ends of the cable with dry cotton balls...that will let you discover any burrs that would make it "dance" when the bits of cotton snag and stick, becoming visible...just sand off the burrs.

Bruce
 
This site is soooo coool!!! I thought that is what I had to do but the MG is continuely different from my Drag and 4X4 rebuilds. A real challenge sometimes.

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withdraw the carb end of the cable into the car, slip a Deep
socket (maybe5/8) over the cable and onto the nut, the nut is relatively loose so it can be turned by hand using just the socket. good luck
 
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