My throttle pedal to the floor story involves the cheap a$$ rivets
that hold the acc. pedal to the floor.  they got loose and were
causing the S link to pop off the bell crank under the van.  I
drilled out as needed and substitued stainless steel machine screws
and slightly wider washers and nylox nuts.  definitely a 2 person
install, but over time that S link wearsand i need to replace mine
when I do the cable.  IIRC, the new cable from Bus Depot was like $14
and the S link $9.  As a preventative measure, I'll replace my cable
this week, even though I have a torn rear boot and no sticking
symptoms since the pedal mods.  And it's been darned cold here for
the past 2 months(NE Iowa).  I like using Triflow for the door locks
and cables and similar cold sticking issues.  It did wonders for the
worm drives on all three of my garage door openers!!

DM&FS

At 09:53 PM 2/12/2008, Mark Tuovinen wrote:

>Nothing looks frozen on mine either, the moisture is inside the
>cable housing, not on the linkage under the floor.
>
>Mark in AK   -- Yahoooooo it warmed up to +28F today
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Edward Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:45 am
>Subject: Re: Frozen accelarator cable?
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> > Thanks for the suggestions so far. I thought I had solved the
> > problem, cleaned and lubed everything that could be causing me
> > trouble, but then it happened again. The pedal itself moves up and
> > down when you move it by hand, but does not return to the up
> > position and you can't pull the cable back at the engine. Right now
> > I've got a heater in the van and a light for warmth aimed up at the
> > cover over the linkage.
> >
> > The plastic cover over the linkage underneath looks like there is a
> > piece missing at the top so water could get in, but I didn't see
> > any there.
> >
> > When I get home I'm going to try shooting some WD-40 down the cable
> > sheath at the back end until it comes out the other side.
> >
> > But nothing really looked frozen. I wonder if it was something
> > mechanical, i.e. metal sticking to metal and locked up rather than
> > freezing, and it was just a coincidence that warming it helped.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ed
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