If you climb under you may find that there is an area right in front
of the tranmission that the cable sleeve comes apart.  This is where
water gets in.  Use some WD40 on it.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Jay Brown wrote:

> On my way home for lunch today I had the wonderful surprise of having my
> throttle stick open at about 3500-4000RPM.  While this made for a nice
> cruise control effect while underway, it is quite unnerving when I push in
> the clutch.  My guess is that after washing the undercarriage last weekend,
> I have some water in my accelerator cable that is freezing (it was 4 degrees
> F this morning when I got in the van).
> How much of a pain is it to change out the accelerator cable?  I am guessing
> that you just crawl underneath and drop the spare, look up, and things will
> pretty much explain themselves?  Any guesstimates of how long this will take
> to fix?  If it is a quick fix, I will most likely do it in the driveway,
> otherwise I am going to have to find some heated garage space...
> One other thing, I have the part # for my '85 listed as 251 721 555Q, is
> this the p/n for the "new teflon coated" cable that is mentioned in the
> archives?
>
>                                                 Thanks in advance,
>                                                 Jay Brown
>