Many years ago, on my 81 westy, in the middle of a very cold February, after keeping the pedal to the metal going up a long hill, my accelerator cable also froze - WIDE OPEN. The last thing I wanted to do was to stop on the highway on a freezing day, so I let the westy accelerate till I hit a down hill part, then turned off the ignition and coasted, then on the up hill parts I let the clutch out in 4th and turned the ignition back on - FULL SPEED. I kept doing this till I reached an exit near my office with a gas station within coasting distance. I'm glad I wasn't in a ferrari!!!! Malcolm S Rob wrote: > '91 Carat has a frozen accelerator cable. Drove to Philadelphia last Wed night > in rainstorm. Driving to work Thursday in the snow and throttle stuck. Tapped > the pedal and it stuck in place!. Through it in Neutral and turned off the engine. > Unstuck with a pull back on the pedal. Scary. Next few days it was ok. > Sunday, frozen again with sub freezing weather and wind. Checked out the > linkage under the front of the van and at the throttle body in the rear. All looked > well. The problem is at he pivot point on the automatic trans. Didn't want to > risk crawling under it with only the factory jack. Waiting to make arrangements > with a friend who has a garage with a pit. Easier access. So...any of you > listees ever had this problem?? How did you get the water out of the cable > jacket? Since I haven't see the linkage, I can only surmise that the accordian > boot is shot at the trans linkage. Have any of you ever pulled the cable out of > the jacket? What grease/oil did you use to re-lube. Any tips on reinstalling? > All advise welcome. Thanks. > Rob Lebo > '91 Carat > York, PA |
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