Alltrikes

So... I'm on my way to go fly this morning and I'm running through some emergency proceedure type things in my thoughts on the way to the airport.  One thing that came to mind is what might happen if a throttle cable or spring breaks.  As a result, while doing the walk around I payed especially close attention to the throttle springs and much to my dismay found one of them (on the 1/3 cylinder side) was quite worn, I'm guessing pretty close to the point of failure.  Replacement parts are enroute from California Power Systems but I thought I'd share this heads up to check these springs closely on your next pre-flight ! ps!  a recurrent nightmare i used to have, (before i stopped eating a cheese sam'itch before sleeping) was after take-off the throttle stuck wide open the ignition switch wouldn't work, the carbs leaned out i climbed above them big puffy clouds and still was climbing full bore , honest! pretty damn scary for some-one content to play in 'ground effect!