Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:48:06 -0500
Reply-To: tmarciniak@WI.RR.COM
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From: Tim Marciniak <tmarciniak@WI.RR.COM>
Subject: Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal(correction!)
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Larry thanks for all the info, It is so tight in the area by the
tranny that I was only able to spray up there, I could not grease the
cable with my fingers because the coolant lines are in the way. How
did you get close enough to grease it?
Tim
>Tim:
>My post of 7;47 am is not quite correct. The spot where I had the
>binding was not where that lever enters the AT, but rather near the top
>end of that lever, where the rod to the throttle attaches (just below
>where the cable from the front hooks on). It had been about a year
>since I first worked on it so I did not recall the configuration
>accurately.
> Since the accelerator on my van has recently started to stick again,
>your post reminded me to do something. I just went out and depressed
>the pedal hard all the way, and it stayed down. From underneath I
>believe that I verified that there was a little slack in the cable and
>that it was not stopping the throttle from returning to closed. I
>sprayed the suspected spot vigorously with penetrating oil and worked
>the linkage back and forth. I repeated the gas pedal test and it no
>longer sticks. The boot around the end of the cable is shot on mine
>too, but I smear grease on it regularly.
> My wife like to drag race against 18 wheelers as she pulls away from
>toll booths. A few days ago I had to warn her not to press the gas
>pedal down too hard as I had noticed it starting to stick. She was not
>pleased with the prospect of a runaway van. I told her that the
>acceleration was probably not great enough that anyone would notice, and
>that the pedal would come back up eventually. ;-)
>
>Larry A.
>
>
>
>Tim Marciniak wrote:
>>
>> I searched the archives and find lots of posts on corroded and broken
>> accelerator cables but nothing that really described replacing this
>> cable. Just wondering how difficult it is. Near the auto
>> transmission my cable is rusty and corroded because the boot that
>> covers it has pulled away from its attachment point. When I press
>> the accelerator pedal to the floor--it sticks--and then a few moments
>> later it releases. I have dried to spray WD40 onto the cable and
>> this has only been marginally effective. There are also a couple of
>> coolant hoses in the way that prevent me from actually touching this
>> cable. Bentley has pictures but gives no direction as to how to
>> replace it only talks about adjustment. Just wondering if any one
>> has done the R/R of this cable? Wondering if threading a new cable
>> back through is difficult? Do you thread from back or front? Do I
>> need to replace the plastic sheathing? Is adjustment difficult?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Tim
>> 90 Multivan Automatic
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