Following the procedure in Bentleys 37.13, I have set about tinkering
with the length of the throttle adjusting rod to see if I can affect
kick down to better accommodate the limited range of motion I have in my
right ankle.

But now I can't get the thing back together. I can't mash the Override
Spring (#2 in the left picture on 37.13) far enough onto the Adjusting
Rod to expose the end so I can push the Circlip back on.

That's a mighty tough little spring, and the adjusting rod isn't helping
matters by sliding forward when I start putting pressure on it.

What's the trick here? It feels like even if the adjusting rod was
immobile I would not have enough strength in my fingers to mash the
spring far enough forward and hold it there long enough to reach for the
circlip, drop it, fumble for it, find the little pliers, pick it up, put
it back down and turn it the right direction, pick it back up again, and
get it onto the end of the rod.

Stupid manual should warn a fellow that "assembly is the reverse of the
above procedure except that the spring takes superhumanly strong small
fingers to reinstall".

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Rocky J Squirrel
'84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
'74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
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