S2 Throttle cable length

[BERNIEHUMBER]

HI:
I just got back from doing some maintenance on my S2.
Its at a family farm a couple of hours away so each time I go I have to have things planned out.
How long is the throttle cable on an S2?
I may take a universal up on my next trip just in case surgery is required.
Thanks

[BDA]

Someone will probably prove me wrong but that doesn’t seem like a number someone would know. I think I would bring a cable and tools to trim it to size.

[BERNIEHUMBER]

HI:
I guess I need a length that would be long enough.
No one wants to be too short!

[BDA]

Yes! That would be the first criteria! 

I just did a quick and dirty measurement on my car from the pedals, to about the seat belt mount, up the backbone and over to the passenger side and then about a foot or so into the engine compartment. I came up with about 90". Keep in mind, I have a TCS and I'll reiterate the my measurements were rough. I would try to get 10 feet of cable and expect to waste some which would be a lot better than getting there and it being too short!

Of course if you're ordering it from someone like r.d. or DBE, you can ask how long you need. 

[dakazman]

  I’ll check my cables . I did replace my cable assembly, my PO purchased it from rd and had it in plastic for years. Let yo know tomorrow.
Dakazman

[dakazman]

  Internal cable length is approximately 90”, sheath is approximately 84”.
Dakazman

[BERNIEHUMBER]

HI:
Thanks Dakazman !!
I can go up some what more prepared.
My garage space at the house is divided up between my wife and I .
She insisted that her car has 1/2 (cheaper than a lawyer).
My side is taken up with a Sunbeam Tiger and two motorcycles.

This farm situation is ok but it takes a drive.
I have it in a ventilated bag which rests on a cement floor.
It's the cheapest vehicle in the structure if you know the values of combines and mega tractors.

[dakazman]

  Your another guy with a tiger?  Not me but I do know another member who is .  What year is the tiger?

  I’m staying out of the garage space allocation, I get three of the three only because the insurance company requires them garage kept.
Dakazman

[BERNIEHUMBER]

HI:
Its a 65 with the original 260 in it.
When I first got it (30 years ago)I just wanted a loud convertible for the summers(short).
Over time its become a collector item and that wasn't what it started out as.
The 69 Europa has 30K on it and it is in the realm of "collector". 
I have an 807 waiting for transplant but the 69 has a Hermes so the replacement waits. 

Everything you had as a kid(cards,comics,...) is suddenly worth an Ebay fortune.

I started collecting pinball machines decades ago(much to my wife's chagrin and my sons glee).
You know as well as I how many"good deals" one can find.
I have had to say ,"Bernie go read a book" and don't buy that .....

[dakazman]

  It just goes to show you what 50 years of ownership does.  My weber ,"Hermes', conversion I changed the entire assembly.
  Dakazman

[BERNIEHUMBER]

HI:
Yes the Europa was purchased in 1972 but lucky I had a company car for a decade or so and then came the "family mobiles" so it got spared the slings and arrows of a daily driver.The Solex etc got replaced with the Hermes somewhere in the early 80's.
What did you change the old drive to?
I am debating if a re and re with a 807(rebuilt with dual Webers)is worth the effort as nothing seems difficult at the beginning.