Larry thanks for all the info, It is so tight in the area by the
tranny that I was only able to spray up there, I could not grease the
cable with my fingers because the coolant lines are in the way.  How
did you get close enough to grease it?

Tim

>Tim:
>My post of 7;47 am is not quite correct.  The spot where I had the
>binding was not where that lever enters the AT, but rather near the top
>end of that lever, where the rod to the throttle attaches (just below
>where the cable from the front hooks on).  It had been about a year
>since I first worked on it so I did not recall the configuration
>accurately.
>   Since the accelerator on my van has recently started to stick again,
>your post reminded me to do something.  I just went out and depressed
>the pedal hard all the way, and it stayed down.  From underneath I
>believe that I verified that there was a little slack in the cable and
>that it was not stopping the throttle from returning to closed.  I
>sprayed the suspected spot vigorously with penetrating oil and worked
>the linkage back and forth.  I repeated the gas pedal test and it no
>longer sticks.  The boot around the end of the cable is shot on mine
>too, but I smear grease on it regularly.
>   My wife like to drag race against 18 wheelers as she pulls away from
>toll booths.  A few days ago I had to warn her not to press the gas
>pedal down too hard as I had noticed it starting to stick.  She was not
>pleased with the prospect of a runaway van.  I told her that the
>acceleration was probably not great enough that anyone would notice, and
>that the pedal would come back up eventually.  ;-)
>
>Larry A.
>
>
>
>Tim Marciniak wrote:
>>
>>  I searched the archives and find lots of posts on corroded and broken
>>  accelerator cables but nothing that really described replacing this
>>  cable.  Just wondering how difficult it is.  Near the auto
>>  transmission my cable is rusty and corroded because the boot that
>>  covers it has pulled away from its attachment point.  When I press
>>  the accelerator pedal to the floor--it sticks--and then a few moments
>>  later it releases.  I have dried to spray WD40 onto the cable and
>>  this has only been marginally effective.  There are also a couple of
>>  coolant hoses in the way that prevent me from actually touching this
>>  cable.  Bentley has pictures but gives no direction as to how to
>>  replace it only talks about adjustment.  Just wondering if any one
>>  has done the R/R of this cable?  Wondering if threading a new cable
>>  back through is difficult?  Do you thread from back or front?  Do I
>>  need to replace the plastic sheathing?  Is adjustment difficult?
>>
>>  TIA
>>
>>  Tim
>>  90 Multivan Automatic
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