http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_794_1397/accelerator_pedal_linkage___linkage_rod.html
On the picture, you can barely tell, all the way on the left, how it
should be shaped............
Miguel
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:48 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael, I'm not anywhere near my Bentley, but I can look later. As I
> recall, the vertical link that drops from above, has one 90 degree
> bend at it's lower end (I realize it has another on the other end, but
> this is what is actually visible, beneath floorboard.) It should have
> that barb, almost at its end. Without it, you should be able to reach
> up there and without too much resistance, pull it right out of the
> linkage. I'm going by fuzzy memory here, but I think I'm close
> enough.......
> Miguel
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Miguel,
>>
>> My accelerator linkage is usually a bit sticky when I first press on it,
>> I've been thinking about getting some bits refreshed.
>>
>> That "teat/barb" thing that you had trouble with -- does it appear on page
>> 20.31 in Bentley's so I can see what you're referring to?
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/3/2009 12:28 PM miguel pacheco wrote:
>>
>>> Michael, maybe you had the classic freezing of a tiny bit of water
>>> within the accelerator cable conduit. This usually happens the first
>>> time you push the pedal and I realize you had already driven some
>>> distance, but I'm just saying.
>>> Your linkage may be worn and needs replaced. I did 350K miles on my
>>> first Syncro.....at 300K, the little teat/barb that keeps it all
>>> together, under there, wore away enough that it would not stay
>>> together any longer. At that time I had a parts van and was able to do
>>> a quick swap. I just discussed this with a fellow Vanagonaut, and he
>>> mentioned that he purchased all these bits, new, from VanCafe, though
>>> I have not substantiated it yet. If it is available, new, I would do
>>> it. This is one of those things that will make your life miserable,
>>> I'm sure you know.
>>>
>>> Miguel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
>>> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 10/3/2009 11:32 AM Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Same thing happened to me about a year ago on the city's six-lane main
>>>>> drag. [...] Â Never felt anything suspicious leading up to it and never
>>>>> found a reason for the pushrod to have come loose and it hasn't happened
>>>>> again. Â Various Vanagon parts just letting us know they're there, I
>>>>> reckon.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, that's probably as good an explanation as we can expect.
>>>>
>>>> Because I checked out Karl's suggestion. The rivets have not come loose
>>>> at
>>>> the front of the pedal, the thing has no side-to-side wiggleability. And
>>>> I
>>>> cannot think of any way that the smooth flat plastic bottom of this
>>>> stability boot, the sole of which is a rectangle with rounded corners,
>>>> about 5'' wide and 13'' long, could have glommed onto the pedal and
>>>> lifted
>>>> it off the pushrod.
>>>>
>>>> Antigravity or something.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>>>> Bend, OR
>>>> KG6RCR
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
