Nothing looks frozen on mine either, the moisture is inside the cable housing, not on the linkage under the floor.

Mark in AK -- Yahoooooo it warmed up to +28F today

----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:45 am Subject: Re: Frozen accelarator cable? To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> Thanks for the suggestions so far. I thought I had solved the > problem, cleaned and lubed everything that could be causing me > trouble, but then it happened again. The pedal itself moves up and > down when you move it by hand, but does not return to the up > position and you can't pull the cable back at the engine. Right now > I've got a heater in the van and a light for warmth aimed up at the > cover over the linkage. > > The plastic cover over the linkage underneath looks like there is a > piece missing at the top so water could get in, but I didn't see > any there. > > When I get home I'm going to try shooting some WD-40 down the cable > sheath at the back end until it comes out the other side. > > But nothing really looked frozen. I wonder if it was something > mechanical, i.e. metal sticking to metal and locked up rather than > freezing, and it was just a coincidence that warming it helped. > > Any other ideas? > > Thanks, > Ed > _________________________________________________________________ > Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You > IM, we give. > http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join