Date:         Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:53:12 -0900
Reply-To:     Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Frozen accelarator cable?
Comments: To: Edward Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
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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
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