Possibly nothing is broken.  Look under your gas pedal and see if the
linkage has come loose.  Mine did in the same situation.

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Schaper" <JSchaper@SCHSA.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 8:49 AM
Subject: Throttle cable

> I did something stupid that broke my throttle cable.  With the rpm's at
2000
> at a stop light I used my toe to try to bring the accelerator pedal back
to
> reduce the rpm's.  (I know it is probably the throttle switch).  Anyway,
it
> broke, but since it was dark and I couldn't investigate further, I don't
> know what broke.  Has anybody done anything similarly stupid?  What broke,
> what do I need to replace--my guess is after looking at Bentley is the
> "relay lever", "pin", or clamping bold.  I looked at the engine
accelerator
> cable and it is OK, the cable is still attached.  Any help would be
> appreciated.