You can disconnect your accelerator cable altogether and

A)  Tie a string to the lever in the engine and run it forward to the driver's seat (the spring should pull the throttle lever back to closed, pull on the string to open it and acclerate.

B)  Turn your idle adlustment up a bit and just fast idle over in first gear for the mile to the shop.

Austin
91 multivan

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On 1/30/99, at 4:49 PM, Stu Schwartz wrote:

>Well I believe some linkage broke between the accelerator pedal and the engine...it races at
>top speed.  I realize this baby can't be driven as is...but does anyone know of a quick fix that
>will let me drive it to the repair shop <  1 mile.
>
>--peace--
>    stu