Slant Six A/C throttle linkage or Cable...why?

Deemo said
#1: why? Is there an issue with using the throttle linkage?

Car is a 66 Valiant, originally non a/c and auto trans. What will I need to make this happen? Got the condenser, all the lines, pump, brackets and idler pulley.

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No problem using your mechanical rotating rod throttle linkage with your knee knocker. The dealer (or suppliers like Sears) did not change out the manual throttle setup (too expensive!)

stillrunners said
What the deal might be - a 1966 - I thinking - was the first year of the factory dash unit that Mopar would carry through the end of the A bodies. The early units were - like you have - dash hung units - would believe it's in the floor mount area that there might be interference with the 1966 factory air versus a drop down dash unit.

65 was the first year of the factory integrated heater/AC. The limited area available in the early A made the rotating rod assembly occupying some of the space with the AC part of the system. For slant-equipped cars with factory AC, the Solution was to use the less intrusive cable setup for the V8. Additionally the horizontal bulkhead connector opening on the firewall was also a problem trying to occupy real esstate with the factory AC unit. The factory solution was a new firewall for both V8 and slant cars that were coded for the factory AC. Besides the obvious various openings for the AC part, the firewall got a larger heater blower motor opening AND the bulkhead connector opening was changed from horizontal to vertical and moved just a bit to the left from where it was. Now the bulkhead connector and AC unit weren't trying to occupy the same space!

RedFish said
I dont have exact answer. One would probably have to install the factory air components to discover the conflict with throttle.

This is what I found when mocking up the factory AC to a regular slant firewall!

Redfish said
Anyway...
I would replace all that with 67 and later, firewall mounted pedal and all, a/c or not.

The 65/66 factory bolt in throttle cable bracket shows up quite often for sale. The early pedals used with it are now available as a repro. Personally I would rather use the factory cable throttle bracket rather than adapting the later setup.

vitamindart said
looks just like the V8 gas pedal in the illustration. I doubt the cable is the same though. the V8 cable is pretty short.

On the factory cable setup whether for the slant or V8 the oedal is the same, and now available as a repro. Yes, the cable length is different.