Suburban Choke and Throttle Levers

[Racinbob 11,720]

@WHX?? tagged me in a wanted ad by @hcminis who is looking for a control lever for a Suburban 400. It didn't seem appropriate to post this in the classified so here it is.

When I got my 400 the controls were in pretty bad shape and missing one lever. I was simple to fabricate one using the one I did have. A piece is 3/4" flat stock (I got it at Lowes) roughly cut to shape then, using a fabricated jig I bolted on the new piece with the original and simple ground away the excess until it matched the old one. The jig held them securely and kept the heat away from my tender pinkys.

 

 

I was fortunate to have the main channel piece that the levers mount to as well as the top plate. The plate was pitted pretty bad but the back side was smooth. Enter one of Terrys decals, knobs from Glen (now Lowell) some hardware and we're off and running.

 

 

The serial # was gone so I asked Terry to put 'Suburban 400' in its place. I never thought to have him remove the 'off' from it. That was their original way of grounding the mag to kill the engine. I remember my Dad always fiddling with that. It wasn't really a good idea so I put a kill button on the dash. 

[Racinbob 11,720]

Also mentioned was the cable connections. I don't have a real good picture of it but this might help.

 

[hcminis 1,592]

Thank you for the help.  I need the routing for throttle cable on the engine/ carburetor 

 

thanks for the help

[Racinbob 11,720]

I found this shot. It shows the routing as it comes up from the bottom. Of course your cable would be routed to the dash lever.