� �My lovely wife's grandmother told me that she once sat over the
open engine lid of their family's Chevy Greenbriar for a trip home in
the dark operating the throttle.

� �My past accelerator cable problems had to do with wintertime
freezeups when the metal tube in which the cable travels fills with
ice causing the throttle to stick wide open. �*Not fun*

� �I was able to fix the problem by re-fitting the rubber grommets
that had fallen off both ends of the tube and filling the tube with
WD-40.

� The cable did eventually rust out and I had to replace it. �I was
pleasantly surprised to discover that the replacement cable was coated
in Teflon or some such to keep it both moving, and protected from
rust. �I consider this a mandatory �upgrade on any of my vans.

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:44:25 -0400, Edward Maglott
<emaglott@buncombe.main.nc.us> wrote:
> I have even heard of folks with broken accelerator cables enlisting a 2nd
> person to sit over the open engine bay and operate the throttle by
> hand.  Now that is scary!
> 
> There is a connection at the front under the pedal that is where you make
> one of the adjustments.  The end of the cable is a metal rod, that gets
> pinched by a bolt to hold it in the right place.  This might have pulled
> out if the bolt was not tight enough.  Otherwise I am guessing the cable
> itself, or something else under the pedal assembly.  Not too hard to work
> on.  Take out the spare tire, put some cardboard under there on the spare
> tire holder, and you have a nice easy chair to recline on while working on it.
> 
> Edward
> 
> 
> 
> At 04:13 PM 7/25/2004, you wrote:
> 
> >I was wondering what is it that is prone to "letting go" in the chain of
> >components under the circumstances I described? All the bits and pieces are
> >shown in Bently section 20.31. Could be something as simple as one of the
> >pins or bolts.
> >
> >I am now safely at home and do not intend any further use of my "hand
> >accelerator".
> >
> >Phil
> >'89 Westy
> 

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