Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:56:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Roger VanTill <motelvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Roger VanTill <motelvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stiff Accelerator - '90 2.1 Automatic
Comments: To: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <c803c1a70911100409h64b3bf3at481c8e790b2b81db@mail.gmail.com>
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Jeff, I just went out and looked at my sticky tranny on my garage floor.
Check the joint at the pivot arm to rod connection. That's what was hanging
up my pedal. Hope this helps.



On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well gang I drove my beloved Grover to work today for the first time in
> over
> two months :)  It was pretty sweet. I've still got a bit of that unknown
> engine uneasiness - might help if I trusted the mechanic who installed it a
> bit better (mechanic being a stretch as I did the work myself).
>
> So far only have about 50 miles on it and now that I have the coolant
> system
> bled (not perfectly but getting better) everything seems real good.
>
> So on to my question. My accelerator is really stiff. It was like this
> before but I just lived with it. Well, I think I'm tired of living with it.
> It's still enough that on longer trips my foot starts to hurt (sometimes
> falls asleep) holding the accelerator down. It move smoothly enough but I
> have the right leg muscle of a body builder by the time we finish up long
> runs.
>
> So far as I can tell everything is hooked up properly - accelerator cable
> is
> new, throttle moved freely and easily by hand, return spring is new, and
> I've greased every moving part from the trans lever back to the throttle
> assembly.
>
> So any ideas? Could it be that the trans lever is in the "wrong position"
> somehow - I'm just not sure but it would be a dream to figure out a way to
> correct this. So your thoughts and ideas are greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>