Latching Throttle Lever

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Marty_Knox
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Latching Throttle Lever

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A friend of mine has a Sweet Creek with an external ball valve for a throttle. He didn't like the plain lever and asked me if I could make something better.
I got a Parker panel mount ball valve with a stainless steel ball and stem and made a latching throttle lever.
I bought a 3/16" rack and we were able to bend it to a 1 1/2" radius by applying heat. The lever is spring loaded, you have to squeeze the latch to move the throttle.
There are stops to keep from going past full closed and full open.
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Re: Latching Throttle Lever

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That’s pretty slick Marty.

Where did you get the rack?
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makinsmoke wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:01 pm That’s pretty slick Marty.

Where did you get the rack?
McMaster-Carr Part No. 6295K11, $16.91 plus shipping.
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Ah...really nice...proving you CAN make things that do not appear to require very artistic welding! :shock:
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Nice work Marty. Jim
No problems just solutions.
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Re: Latching Throttle Lever

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Sweet!
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Marty, CLL #4 needs something like that.

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tomc wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 10:11 am Marty, CLL #4 needs something like that.

Tom C.
I just ordered 3 more valves.
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Rather than paint the lever I used gun bluing.
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Steve DeLoach installed the throttle on his Sweet Creek today
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Looks good.
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