Hand Throttle

[Mc4by]

Hi guys and gals.
I was speaking to an old Patrol owner and he asked me if I had a 'hand throttle' as they made hill climbs and descents much smoother.
I had no idea what he was talking about.
Any one know what he was on about?

[garett]

yeah i got one but i think its meant to warm up the engine in cold weather

[the evil twin]

yeah i got one but i think its meant to warm up the engine in cold weather

Nah mate... Back in the day all or almost all Landies, Tojos and Patrols had them and the purpose originally was for use with PTO equipment.
Farmer Joe also found them handy for use as well sama sama the hand throttle on his Tractor.

[Winnie]

Hi guys and gals.
I was speaking to an old Patrol owner and he asked me if I had a 'hand throttle' as they made hill climbs and descents much smoother.
I had no idea what he was talking about.
Any one know what he was on about?

I haven't got a pic but on a gq it is a little knob that you pull and twist to lock.
I use it when going up very rocky climbs, because your foot is not bouncing around on the accelerator pedal it is a much smoother climb.

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[nipagu7]

the more modern cars have a switch which raises the rpm to about 1300 , it is basically a fast idle switch to warm the motor up faster in cold weather . older cars had a leaver ( landrover , i think ) or a push/pull or twist knob to raise the rpm to basically whatever you want . i had an old hilux years ago that had a twist knob type , my gu has the fast idle switch . i would much preferr the twist knob as you could easily adjust the rpm faster or slower on the go .

[Hodge]

the more modern cars have a switch which raises the rpm to about 1300 , it is basically a fast idle switch to warm the motor up faster in cold weather . older cars had a leaver ( landrover , i think ) or a push/pull or twist knob to raise the rpm to basically whatever you want . i had an old hilux years ago that had a twist knob type , my gu has the fast idle switch . i would much preferr the twist knob as you could easily adjust the rpm faster or slower on the go .

Also the modern cars with that warm up switch fitted disengage it as soon as you press the clutch and / or put it in gear. So you can't use it as a idle up a hill or anything. My 2009 crd patrol had that. But the gu 4.2 has the twist hand throttle.

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[MB]

......But the gu 4.2 has the twist hand throttle.

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Thanks for the memory boot there Hodgey mate! Pretty sure IIRC too our first old family GU (2002 3.0L)had that elecy warm up switch only. Other family and work GU TD42s since of same era I believe have the missing agricultural use throttle knob always and still missing I think :-)


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[MB]

Have never been able to use the twist throttle lock on any of my GU’s as they’ve always been missing the knob when SH purchased. Does make you wonder of their GU specific fixing methods. Had an old mate with a 1981 Hilux that foolishly wound his up for cruise control on the Newell Hwy and nearly killed himself when the backing nut came loose to off throttle on a corner. My old FJ’s back then had a better choke style cable that you could easily punch in on gnarly tracks when finished climbing.


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[AB]

Have never been able to use the twist throttle lock on any of my GU’s as they’ve always been missing the knob when SH purchased. Does make you wonder of their GU specific fixing methods. Had an old mate with a 1981 Hilux that foolishly wound his up for cruise control on the Newell Hwy and nearly killed himself when the backing nut came loose to off throttle on a corner. My old FJ’s back then had a better choke style cable that you could easily punch in on gnarly tracks when finished climbing.


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Ironic we had the same mate who did the same thing with the same name and same car....Strange

[AB]

Just don't use it as a cruise control on freeways!

Had a mate with an old hilux who used it on the freeway and coming up to a sharp corner he unscrewed it to slow down but the knob fell off and stayed on!

He shat himself coming up to the bend so turned vehicle off but didn't leave it on accessories so the steering wheel locked up on the bend lol.

Safe to say new undies were put on after that ordeal.


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