Thanks Miguel and everyone - all done, especially with the help of our
mechanically inclined neighbor.

We might be tackling the starter next.  Thanks again for all the help, and I
am keeping copies of these emails, especially for my son since his van is
the same age as mine.

Donna, 87 Syncro

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 10:21 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>wrote:

> Bentley, we don't need no stinking Bentley! Until we do, of course.
> Disconnect your cable, at the throttle, and pull it out. If it is
> truly broken, it will come out. Now go to the front and drop your
> spare tire clam shell........look up and right below your gas pedal,
> there is a box, hanging down. It is held in place by four phillips or
> 10MM bolts...damn it I need that Bentley! Remove whatever holds this
> box in place and you will expose the throttle cable linkage that has
> lived beneath your foot for all those miles. When you see it. you will
> wonder how in the hell that cave man linkage held up as long as it
> did! Wonder all you want, but remember it lasted a good twenty years!
> It is pretty clear what you have to do next. Once you have it removed,
> it should come out, just like it did from the other end, if it is
> truly broken. Now you can insert the proper end of the new one and it
> should glide effortlessly until it reaches your engine compartment. If
> it does not glide as described, you might trace the conduit towards
> the rear and see if it is compromised, somehow. If it is, fix it now
> or you will have freezing throttle cable issues in the future
> (countless testimonials on this list!) This conduit is stuff you can
> source at the hardware store. Just get creative. No science here, just
> get it sealed by cutting out the bad and inserting some good rubber
> hose, etc. Now get it cinched up at both ends. Not too tight, not too
> loose. Remember that when you removed the cable from the front of the
> vehicle, you made a mental note of where it was tethered and duplicate
> that. When you get everything in place, you can make your final
> adjustment at the throttle connection....all easy, very easy. BUT,
> when you reattach that box, beneath the pedal, I recommend that you
> silicone the flange, so nothing will infiltrate it. Then it's onward
> through the fog and damn the torpedoes, once again!
> Miguel
>
> I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
>  - Thomas A. Edison
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > dearbroken
> > do you have a bently ??
> > yours
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Donna Skarloken <dskarloken@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Last Sat. my accelerator cable broke at the back.  My husband said it
> was
> >> super rusty back there.
> >>
> >> Anyway, I have the part - how hard/easy is it to replace ourselves?
> >>
> >> Thanks and happy Friday.
> >>
> >> Donna, 87 Syncro
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > roger w
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> > Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> > servant who becomes king ...
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