Date:         Sun, 30 Jan 2000 17:52:48 +0100
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Help: Stuck accelerator pedal
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You could suffer from ice in the cable tube. This will give the symptom you
mentioned. Try to warm it with a hairdryer.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

Dick Taylor wrote:

> Help. 1987 syncro. My accelerator pedal is stuck in the full-on position. I
> can pull (hard) on the cable in the engine compartment and get it back to
> its normal position, but when I press down on the pedal again, it goes down
> and stays there. Obviously there is some problem with the cable somewhere
> along its run. Temperature here is 10 degrees F. Bus drove fine and was
> parked outdoors for 3 hours before the problem happened.
>
> Is this a symptom of a dying cable, which is maybe frayed at some point?
> Will I be able to spot the problem area if I crawl under the bus with a
> flashlight in my hand? This is my first winter with this bus, so I don't
> know if this is maybe a cold-weather thing.
>
> All advice and assistance gratefully accepted.
>
> Dick Taylor
> hetchins@montana.com