Date:         Mon, 6 Sep 1999 12:53:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Coby Smolens <cobys@WELL.COM>
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From:         Coby Smolens <cobys@WELL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sticking Accelerator cable
Comments: To: "Elkavitch, Michael and Diana" <elks@TOP.MONAD.NET>
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Most likely suspect is the cable itself. Pull the thing all the way out and
check it - could be there is a frayed section and the loose strands are
binding in the sleeve.

OR - Anyone done any brake work lately? We just fixed this problem on a
Syncro van, someone had routed a handbrake cable OVER the accelerator cable
and it had pule the cable down and would cause it to jam like this.

OR - The linkage in the front could be out of kilter. Try to get the thing
stuck (engine off) and while it's jammed get under the van with a
flashlight, pull off the cover and check it out.

Coby Smolens, Owner
Valley Wagonworks
"Intimately acquainted with VW Vans since 1959"
1535 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
San Anselmo, CA 94960
Phone: (415) 457-5628
Fax: (415) 457-0967
http//:wagonworks.com
mailto:contact@wagonworks.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 9:41 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Sticking Accelerator cable


Hi all,
        After seeing no responses to the sticking accelerator cable
question, I want to try again. I have the same problem as described in the
earlier post - the gas pedal will go to the floor and not come up. This
happens to us on the way to Canada this July. My suggestion at first -do as
I did. My wife woke me up from a breakfast induced sleep and told the gas
pedal was stuck. I reached over and just turned the engine off! Being very
careful to not lock the steering wheel! I then "un stuck" the cable,
obviously after carefully pulling over, the boot being torn also and went
on. Happened again on the way home - same cure. Any ideas why?
        TIA
        Mike
        86 Westy syncro