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12-13-2021, 11:12 AM | #1 |
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A Real Rookie question
On my 1939 Ford Deluxe Convertible I have a push pull Choke and Throttle buttons on my dash. The choke I use each time I start the vehicle. I have never used the Throttle Button but I assume it is to rev up the engine to a higher RPM? This is my first Old car and it is only one year older than me! Still learning after 6 months of ownership. Thanks
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12-13-2021, 11:22 AM | #2 | |
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12-13-2021, 11:23 AM | #3 |
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It's sort of a very unsophisticated version of modern speed control, among other things, that one would be crazy to use as such.
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12-13-2021, 11:28 AM | #5 |
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manual throttle on a car is a good thing I believe. Some examples, Say you have just started a car with a known low battery. Once the motor is warm enough to run without the choke, which has throttle increase built in, you can then turn off the choke, yet keep RPM's up with the throttle on the dash to keep it charging. Some folks use it for a "third leg" to take off on a hill.
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12-13-2021, 11:35 AM | #6 |
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12-13-2021, 11:59 AM | #7 | |
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12-13-2021, 12:19 PM | #8 |
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You can jack the rear end up and attach a belt to a sawmill. Throttle is used to keep the rpm up.
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12-13-2021, 02:05 PM | #10 | |
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Now that is engineering at its finest! In the 80's we were at The Old Turner's Creek Marina before it became Hogan's Marina and there was an old pickup truck on the bluff with no wheels or bed on it, who's sole purpose was to pull boats out of the water at high tide so that their bottoms could be scrapped and repainted. I am sure they had a throttle control on it too.
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12-13-2021, 04:48 PM | #11 |
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Probably an old PowerWagon with a winch on the front. They did drive stuff off the rear wheels though. I had a 26 dodge with a belt pulley on the rear hub...long gone now
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12-13-2021, 07:40 PM | #12 |
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I like the hand throttle for starting out on a hill. My right foot can stay on the brake while the hand throttle can keep the RPMs up until I can get my foot over on the floor throttle pedal.
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