This happened to me once. The pedal was pulled loose from the throttle link that attaches to the bottom of the pedal. Makes you think the cable broke. It is an easy fix. The two just pop together. John Rodgers 88GL Driver John Schaper wrote: > I did something stupid that broke my throttle cable. With the rpm's at 2000 > at a stop light I used my toe to try to bring the accelerator pedal back to > reduce the rpm's. (I know it is probably the throttle switch). Anyway, it > broke, but since it was dark and I couldn't investigate further, I don't > know what broke. Has anybody done anything similarly stupid? What broke, > what do I need to replace--my guess is after looking at Bentley is the > "relay lever", "pin", or clamping bold. I looked at the engine accelerator > cable and it is OK, the cable is still attached. Any help would be > appreciated. |
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