Don you have an engine conversion right? What cable are you using? I have seen all kinds of spliced together stuff and sometimes the cable is getting hung up at some point where the two cables are spliced together. I finished a conversion that another guy started and the thing drove terrible, had no power, etc. He had made his own accelerator cable for the swap (ABA in line four) and I decided to go with a Tiico cable that I had sitting around. Wow, it made a world of difference in how the van accelerated the power you had! I would not have believed it was the same van and that was all that I changed. If the cable is not working smoothly it will break on you. You can try lubing it with some lithium spray grease but if the cable itself is getting rusty and that is what is causing it to bind then it would be best to replace it before it snaps (it will, at the most inconvenient moment too). Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com
Don Hanson wrote: > Maybe for Scott... > > Is there some way to make the accelerator cable move the vehicle's > throttle more smoothly? Mine seems a little 'sticky'. I've lubed the > stuff on the engine and the pedal in the cab without much improvment. This > is an 84 manual tranny van. When I go 'off-idle' without using any clutch, > the van 'surges' as the throttle is opened. I push on the > pedal...harder..harder and all of a sudden, it moves...more than I intend, > causing a lurch ahead by the van. Now under partial throttle, everything > seems pretty normal..but when I am idling along and want to increase my > speed slightly...like when in a line following a pilot car or something...I > can't accelerate smoothly without clutching.. > How do I fix a sticky cable..which I think I am feeling.. > Don Hanson > > |
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