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Sticking Accelerator cable
Historical mailing list - Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:40:51 -0500
...sticking accelerator cable question, I want to try again. I have the same problem as described in the earlier post - the gas pedal will...
Re: broken accelerator pedal
Historical mailing list
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:54:46 -0400
...so my gas pedal just detached from the floor of my 82 westy. it originally was a diesel, I'm not sure if the...
Re: Accelerator Pedal Attachment?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 8 Feb 2014 08:59:02 -0500
...Accelerator Pedal Attachment? The pedal came loose at the floor. ETKA shows pop rivets as the attaching fasteners. Can anyone verify this? (Pop rivets...
Re: Accelerator Pedal
Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
Sat, 3 Dec 2022 20:08:11 -0500
...I was driving along and I lost tension on accelerator pedal on my ‘89. Luckily it was not the cable but the pedal itself...
Sticky Accelerator pedal
Historical mailing list - Slloth
Fri, 5 Dec 2008 15:46:20 -0800
My "Gas" pedal. Is not smooth. It makes accelerating from a stop a little "jumpy". It's just annoying. I have been living with...
Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator cable
Historical mailing list - Bill N
Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:58:55 -0700
...Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal > > I searched the archives and find lots of posts on corroded and broken > accelerator cables but nothing that...
gass pedal
Historical mailing list - William Lindberg
Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:23:14 -0700
...I tapped the accelerator and the gass pedal dropped to the floor. I though it was broken and I would not be able to...
Re: Gas Pedal
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 03:33:01 -0500
...t see where the accelerator was attached. Mike John Rodgers wrote: > I got a question. > > How does the gas Pedal fasten to the floor...
What snaps? Was: Passing another Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:43:32 -0230
...It was working off the front >of the accelerator pedal and was used to drive on the autobahn while >relaxing one's feet! > >In...
Does anyone know how to replace the accelerator cable??!!
Historical mailing list - Peter
Sun, 17 Oct 1999 13:16:37 -0600
...i took it apart I found it broke right under the accelerator pedal. I was able to disconnect it in back, advance it an...
Re: Help: Stuck accelerator pedal
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Sun, 30 Jan 2000 17:52:48 +0100
...My accelerator pedal is stuck in the full-on position. I > can pull (hard) on the cable in the engine compartment and get it...
Re: Accelarator Pedal
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Fri, 10 May 2002 08:10:21 -0600
New accelerator cable. You can try to lube the old one as well. bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a...
Re: Accelerator Pedal
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Mon, 5 Dec 2022 19:37:27 -0500
...I was driving along and I lost tension on accelerator pedal on my ‘89. Luckily it was not the cable but the pedal itself...
Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal(correction!)
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:52:24 -0500
...When I press > the accelerator pedal to the floor--it sticks--and then a few moments > later it releases. I have dried to spray...
Re: gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
Historical mailing list - Mike
Mon, 23 May 2011 18:53:05 -0400
...gas pedal > accelerator linkage question I'm looking at modifying the gas pedal linkage so I can get more cable action with less ankle...
82 won't start when hot
Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:14:07 -0400
...When I try to start it the engine turns over and over and over and I feather the accelerator pedal and finally it starts...
Re: Throttle cable
Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:32:56 +0000
...With the rpm's at 2000 >at a stop light I used my toe to try to bring the accelerator pedal back to >reduce...
Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:02:41 -0700
...Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal > What we have here is the old..... HOT FOOTwell kit....chapter 19.20 > Bentley.. ......My sandals are all...
Re: Accelerator Pedal
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Fri, 10 May 2002 13:21:19 -0700
...Accelerator Pedal <DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 12:44:23 -0400 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>I replaced my accelerator...
Re: gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Mon, 23 May 2011 17:23:58 -0700
...gas pedal > accelerator linkage question | |I'm looking at modifying the gas pedal linkage so I can get |more cable action with less ankle...
Re: gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Mon, 23 May 2011 21:47:54 -0700
...gas pedal > accelerator linkage question | |The issue is not the angle of the dangle, the issue is that |the pedal needs more range of...
Lube the accelerator cable on a vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 13 May 2010 21:40:24 -0700
...Is there some way to make the accelerator cable move the vehicle's throttle more smoothly? Mine seems a little 'sticky'. I've lubed...
Re: No fly-by-wire in MY vanagon.
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:08:04 -0800
...I had my wasserboxer accelerator pedal stick before - water got into it and froze and the engine wouldn't stop revving.� I guess I...
accelerator cable housing '81
Historical mailing list - Yo vanguy
Wed, 20 May 1998 11:07:29 EDT
...so me thinks its a weak return spring or pedal linkage needs lube.................. Well its neither the accelerator cable has chaffed thru the white...
Accelerator Cable - Broken?
Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
Sat, 13 May 2006 19:33:58 -0400
...accelerator when I pushed the cable, then I went to to start the van later in the day and I noticed that the pedal...
Serious Friday question -- stalling a few minutes after cold start
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Thu, 3 Mar 2011 08:58:13 -0500
...driving the idle to zero unless you press down on the accelerator pedal to keep the idle up. Once the engine is fully warmed...
Re: Vanagon gas mileage
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:47:53 -0500
At 11:26 AM 12/23/2003 -0800, Mark Tuovinen wrote: >...and drive as if there is an egg under the accelerator pedal, and...
Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:47:12 -0500
...When I press > the accelerator pedal to the floor--it sticks--and then a few moments > later it releases. I have dried to spray...
Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator cable
Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 23:07:11 -0500
...Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal > > >> >> I searched the archives and find lots of posts on corroded and broken >> accelerator cables but nothing that...
Re: Linkage broke to the accelerator pedal
Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
Sat, 30 Jan 1999 18:47:59 -0500
...Stu Schwartz wrote: > >>Well I believe some linkage broke between the accelerator pedal and the engine...it races at >>top speed. I realize this...
Re: Vanagon gas mileage
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:58:45 -0500
...wrote: > >...and drive as if there is an egg under the accelerator pedal, and let us > >know what you come up with. > > Ummm... Anyone...
Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal(correction!)
Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:48:06 -0500
...When I press >> the accelerator pedal to the floor--it sticks--and then a few moments >> later it releases. I have dried to spray...
Re: Throttle cable
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:00:06 -0700
...With the rpm's at 2000 > at a stop light I used my toe to try to bring the accelerator pedal back to > reduce...
Re: Accelerator sticks
Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
Wed, 1 Sep 2004 17:13:05 -0700
...Accelerator sticks > My accelerator pedal is sticking when I floor it. I assume it would be best > to replace the cable. How long should...
Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:19:21 -0700
So as luck would have it, I actually found what is most likely a spare accelerator pedal barrel clamp; it looks the same as...
Sticky Throttle Cable
Historical mailing list - Mike Plickys
06 Jan 95 20:12:36 EST
...is beginning to bind and makes some weird noises when the accelerator pedal is depressed. The problem seems to be worse during colder days...
Re: Accelerator problem -Kickdown lever
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 8 Aug 2009 12:46:48 -0700
...When I start off in the morning, or start off from the lights etc, I find that the accelerator pedal sticks most times. I...
Accelerator Pedal Attachment?
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Fri, 7 Feb 2014 19:34:20 -0800
The pedal came loose at the floor. ETKA shows pop rivets as the attaching fasteners. Can anyone verify this? (Pop rivets will make fixing...
Re: gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 23 May 2011 18:26:17 -0700
...gas pedal > accelerator linkage question > | > |I'm looking at modifying the gas pedal linkage so I can get > |more cable action with less ankle...
Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:26:41 -0800
...the portion of my accelerator linkage in the engine > compartment and above the tranny. Also, I've lubed the pedal and the > linkage above...
Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:34:56 -0800
...the portion of my accelerator linkage in the engine compartment and above the tranny. Also, I've lubed the pedal and the linkage above...
Re: Accelerator Pedal
Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
Mon, 5 Dec 2022 22:12:28 -0500
...I was driving along and I lost tension on accelerator pedal on my ‘89. Luckily it was not the cable but the pedal itself...
Re: Redding?
Historical mailing list - Andree
Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:26:51 -0800
...Of course the accelerator pedal detaches from the floor at about the same time! Andree Ps and I was hoping to get to San...
Stuck accelerator
Historical mailing list - Felix Bello
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:41:01 -0400
In the last two weeks, the accelerator pedal has stuck three times after approximately 1" of travel. In two ocassions after a few minutes...
Re: Lube the accelerator cable on a vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Fri, 14 May 2010 22:29:38 -0400
...Lube the accelerator cable on a vanagon? > Maybe for Scott... > > Is there some way to make the accelerator cable move the vehicle's > throttle...
more friday trivia..why are accel pedals on automatic vans
Historical mailing list - Troy
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:09:40 -0900
...Auto tranny pedal Anyone else find the angle of the accelerator pedal more comfortable on long trips than the pedal in the stick shift...
Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
Fri, 9 Jul 1999 08:10:59 -0700
>(far as I can tell anyway given the > obscure interface of the vent controls) - anyone got > > any idea where this Hi John, Check out...
Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:10:33 -0400
...Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal > This question reminds me: > > I noticed on my recent road trip that I cannot drive barefoot (on my...
accelerator linkage
Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:56:28 -0400
Last night the little bent rod that connects the accelerator pedal to the lever that resides in the box beneath the floor apparently broke...
diesel pump parts
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Tue, 11 Jun 2002 13:20:03 -0400
...Consequently, the accelerator pedal is a bit tough to depress. I'm wondering if anyone has the complete assembly for sale, springs, levers and...
Throttle body questions
Historical mailing list - lauterba
Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:12:09 -0400
...one has to do in change out the connection to the accelerator pedal and screw it back to the intake manifold? John Lauterbach Macon...
1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:45:41 -0700
...looking up at failed accelerator pedal barrel clamp: https://tinyurl.com/y8exfdxh Image: 1.9 WBX barrel clamp used for replacement part: https://tinyurl...
Re: Stiff Accelerator - '90 2.1 Automatic
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:56:48 -0800
...other areas or ways I fix high throttle pedal spring pressure on vanagons : I find it very, very helpful to remove the throttle cable...
how is the gas pedal affixed?
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:34:41 -0700
I was not having a good van day, and to top it off, when pulling out of the gas station, the accelerator pedal didn...
Re: Accelerator pedal rivets
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Thu, 7 Apr 2005 06:07:38 EDT
...Last year, the rivets holding accelerator pedal to the floor gave up on my '84. Today, they gave up on my '85. Must be...
P.I. 2082 - Accelerator cable change
Historical mailing list - Subject: P.I. 2082 - Accelerator cable change
March 31, 1990
A modified accelerator cable has been introduced in production, as of VIN: 25 JH 062 158. The modified cable is available through the Parts...
Re: High Idle Solved!
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:54:24 -0400
...by hitting the gas pedal indicates a cable or other seating problem. Other high idle problems won't be solved by hitting the accelerator.
Re: broken accelerator pedal
Historical mailing list
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:34:46 -0400
In a message dated 7/31/2015 1:25:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, monkey_lips@yahoo.com writes: the plastic "bendy" part...
<No subject>
Historical mailing list - michael martens
Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:47:58 -0500
My accelerator pedal is sticking when I floor it. I assume it would be best to replace the cable. How long should this operation...
Re: gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 24 May 2011 07:12:21 -0700
...gas pedal > accelerator linkage question > | > |The issue is not the angle of the dangle, the issue is that > |the pedal needs more range of...