[SoCalCoupe]

Originally Posted by 51 MERC-CT

If the linkage ends are loose and sloppy (springs weak), I would fabricate new linkages using these ends.


https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Carb-...-RH,37495.html

These things are magic. Along with a 3/16" zinc plated rod from Home Depot, they made a 95% improvement in my throttle response. I have real fine control over the engine with a solid accelerator linkage. Drives like a real car now, not an old POS. The throttle rod might have been original and the springs (just like the ones in this picture) might have simply lost their tension after 80 years.