Re: BigKev

Posted by BigKev On 2023/1/30 12:23:07

Does anyone know of a bowden operated electrical switch?

The '37 has a throttle knob on the dash for raising the throttle speed. But, because of the Jag engine, I'm not using that. But rather than it just sitting there as a dash filler, I'd like to use that to control the electric choke. Thereby reducing one of the toggle switches under the dash.

The throttle knob and its bowden cable are pretty much one piece. So there is no real way of separating them to reuse just the knob on an electric push-pull type switch.

So id like to find a switch I can hide up under the dash/firewall that can be actuated with the bowden cable. It just needs to be a simple on/off arrangement. Worse come to worse, I guess I can make something up that uses a microswitch, and the end of the bowden cable just pressed the switch lever down when pushed all the way in.

But before I go that route, I was just curious if there is an off-the-shelf switch that would work. I tried a google search, but wasn't having much luck.