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Has anyone fitted a hand throttle ?? I find that heal / toe sort of works but is difficult on serious rocks where you want three feet !!

Lookin at an mtb brake lever on the gear stick so I can have one foot on the brake, one on the clutch and rev the ole beast with the left hand..

any thoughts ??

i grew a third foot

they come standard in all 40 series, have a look how simple they are (diesels they came in that i am sure of) and pull it out, i am sure a man of your skills can modify it to fit on a hilux!

bj on roids wrote:i grew a third foot

on the end of your third leg

I've got the factory diesel hand throttle but its not that easy to use, more interested in the brake lever style

suprasurf wrote:

bj on roids wrote:i grew a third foot

on the end of your third leg

I've got the factory diesel hand throttle but its not that easy to use, more interested in the brake lever style

what are they from?

bj on roids wrote:

suprasurf wrote:

bj on roids wrote:i grew a third foot

on the end of your third leg

I've got the factory diesel hand throttle but its not that easy to use, more interested in the brake lever style

what are they from?

Malvern Star.

i maybe on drugs again, but couldnt you use one of a boat?


NICK

suprasurf wrote:Lookin at an mtb brake lever on the gear stick so I can have one foot on the brake, one on the clutch and rev the ole beast with the left hand..

ZZZZ has a gear shifter off a push bike mounted on his gearstick as a hand throttle, if i remember rightly.

Similar to this

http://www.rockcrawler.com/techreports/rehandthrottle/re1.htm

And this

http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/throttle.html

MKPatrolGuy wrote:Similar to this

http://www.rockcrawler.com/techreports/rehandthrottle/re1.htm

And this

http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/throttle.html

Thats what I want
Cheers

interesting stuff

how many of you guys out there use a hand throttle while wheeling?

I was hooked after importing and modifying an RE one for my TJ so I started making them in kits for Jeeps (notorious light throttle spring mated with a 4.0L donk).

The levers are getting a bit harder to come by but not hard to fit. You can get electronic ones now too in the US (where else !?!)!

yes i use mine heaps but the lux ones r pretty dum, u set them and as soon as u use yer right foot they increase in revs

bj on roids wrote:i grew a third foot

they come standard in all 40 series, have a look how simple they are (diesels they came in that i am sure of) and pull it out, i am sure a man of your skills can modify it to fit on a hilux!

Yeah, mines got one too.

I have seen the yanks attach bicycle gear levers to their gear sticks for hand throttle. I guess you could get like 5 or 7 preset positions - click, click, click!

2car wrote:

bj on roids wrote:i grew a third foot

they come standard in all 40 series, have a look how simple they are (diesels they came in that i am sure of) and pull it out, i am sure a man of your skills can modify it to fit on a hilux!

Yeah, mines got one too.

I have seen the yanks attach bicycle gear levers to their gear sticks for hand throttle. I guess you could get like 5 or 7 preset positions - click, click, click!

Look 6 posts up

MKPatrolGuy wrote:

2car wrote:

bj on roids wrote:i grew a third foot

they come standard in all 40 series, have a look how simple they are (diesels they came in that i am sure of) and pull it out, i am sure a man of your skills can modify it to fit on a hilux!

Yeah, mines got one too.

I have seen the yanks attach bicycle gear levers to their gear sticks for hand throttle. I guess you could get like 5 or 7 preset positions - click, click, click!

Look 6 posts up

Stoners rule OK!

robbie wrote:interesting stuff

how many of you guys out there use a hand throttle while wheeling?

In normal weekend driving i never use the hand trottle only because like Hypolux said hilux ones are pretty touchy.

I do how ever us it in Comps, before the stage i wind it up to 2000rpm and leave it at that, i am only driving a short distance so the engine won't get to hot.

This seems to help when that third foot is required as it has enough revs to keep the engine alive while i can play with the clutch and brake!!

I've seen the ones Gordo makes, in use by a lot of the guys in the JeepTraction club and they are pretty good. Several presets to give steady revs and all the guys and gals that have them swear by them. Mind you, you need them in a jeep cause you get thrown around so much, (that should be good for a bite). i now from experience 'cause I got out of the FtrUCK and into a Wrangler at Moab and got thrown all over and I could then see the benefit of the hand throttle.
CJ