Re: Hand Throttle

Posted by HH56 On 2008/7/22 20:57:09

As a confirmed automatic guy, I do feebly remember the olden days of sticks and believe it was there for the times one has to be a professional contortionist or would find it handy to have at least one extra foot to start on a hill.

One for the clutch, one to hold the brake and one to work the accelerator. The hand throttle takes the place of the extra accelerator foot. My father also used it as a rudimentary cruise control when his foot got tired.

As to why yours clicks-unknown. As I recall, the ones I've seen were just connected to accelerator linkage via bowden type cable and basically moved the linkage same as usual only further up.