hand throtle,just an idea...

[irwinwheeler]

iv'e done this before on my old s10. My Tj has cruise control. so all i have to do is unhook the cruise con. cable, buy new bike brake cable and a small lever, put the lever in a confortable position on the shift "stick"... i guess you'd call it. run the cable from the cruise bracket to to lever. bam.... hand throtle. Just wondering if anyone has done this mode before on there jeep and how they liked it?

[Materdaddy]

I think a lot of people have done this one. Myself included:
http://jeep.matandtiff.com/projects/hand-throttle/

[xjkevin]

irwinwheeler... i have cruise and want to do this can you be more detailed...

[bruce p]

RE sells a "kit" to do this with instructions. It is nothing more than a good quality bike gear shifter that you mount to your stick shift in the cab, run the cable though the fire wall to the throttle. I attached it to the throttle with a couple of wire crimps. It's about a 30 minute install.

[swbooking]

RE sells a "kit" to do this with instructions. It is nothing more than a good quality bike gear shifter that you mount to your stick shift in the cab, run the cable though the fire wall to the throttle. I attached it to the throttle with a couple of wire crimps. It's about a 30 minute install.

Yup its an RE1000

Not too bad for $30. Im pretty sure you could probably find it for less somewhere else.

I had a buddy with it on his CJ and on his LJ and he loved it, always used it.

[Materdaddy]

I tried saving a buck or three by building the kit from a bike shop... Maybe it's the expensive bike shops on PCH, but mine was more than the $30 of the RE kit. I'd recommend buying that kit to anybody interested in this mod.

[bruce p]

I tried saving a buck or three by building the kit from a bike shop... Maybe it's the expensive bike shops on PCH, but mine was more than the $30 of the RE kit. I'd recommend buying that kit to anybody interested in this mod.

See, that's what you get for living in that high rent district down there.

[OU812]

I tried saving a buck or three by building the kit from a bike shop... Maybe it's the expensive bike shops on PCH, but mine was more than the $30 of the RE kit. I'd recommend buying that kit to anybody interested in this mod.

I went to that same bike shop yesterday and bought my stuff for $20. My lever and able were one piece for 8.99. The guy who owns that place is awesome. He really knows his bikes. He can tell you all about real Shwinns from Chicago. He told me while I was in there that he was on the first tandem bike to go down Coyote Canyon

[Materdaddy]

I went to that same bike shop yesterday and bought my stuff for $20. My lever and able were one piece for 8.99. The guy who owns that place is awesome. He really knows his bikes. He can tell you all about real Shwinns from Chicago. He told me while I was in there that he was on the first tandem bike to go down Coyote Canyon

Which shop? There's about 5 in O'side on PCH. I went to the one near Adventure 16 I think...

[OU812]

Your write up said you went to Pacific Coast Cycles. The one right on Coast Hwy and Vista Way. I’ve bought a lot of stuff from him. Allen’s used to be the only place in town you could get quality BMX parts but they are ALL beach cruisers now.

[Materdaddy]

Your write up said you went to Pacific Coast Cycles. The one right on Coast Hwy and Vista Way. I’ve bought a lot of stuff from him. Allen’s used to be the only place in town you could get quality BMX parts but they are ALL beach cruisers now.

Well, if you went to the same place and got everything much cheaper, I'll never be going back....

Granted, I was trying to make sure I had enough length so I didn't have to buy everything twice. I ended up with about 3 feet extra of the outer brake cable sleeve (a few bucks) and I bought the brake cable for a tandem bike to make sure I had enough length there too... I also had about 3 feet extra on that also. I probably could have kept the total much closer to $20 had done some measuring before-hand using twine or something.

[OU812]

The important thing is I bought DIFFERENT parts then you did. I bought a cheaper shifter lever that included the steal cable. If I knew exactly how much housing I needed I could have saved another dollar or two. So its possible that you could do this mod for $16-$17.