[urq] gas pedal wierdness

[Patrick Carlier]

The trottle cable is connected to the pedal by some
kind of aluminium counterweight that sits in a rubber or cork thing .
No retaining clip , no bolt , nothing .
Most likely the cork or whatever it is is compleately desintegrated .
I've modified mine with an steel pin in a bronze bushing and a retaining
bolt .
Difficult to describe , you'll see what I mean  when you look under the dash
.

Another possability is that the clip retaining the throttle cable to the
intake manifold
has broken . That could also give exessive play on the throttle to pedal
linkage .

Third I can think of is that the return spring on the throttle itself is
broken .
But thats not likely , then the car wouldn't return to idle .

Either way , it's not a big problem to fix .

Pat




----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Marinello" <smarinello at entouch.net>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 4:57 PM
Subject: [urq] gas pedal wierdness


> I was out in the urq this morning and as I downshifted around a turn,
> the gas pedal flopped to the floor.  The engine just came down to idle
> revs.  I got the toe of my shoe under the pedal and pulled up and it
> came WAY up, but stuck there and was suddenly 'connected' again, so I
> light-footed it back home with the very odd feeling of a gas pedal in a
> plane far above where it should be.  Before I dig down under and check
> under dash and under hood linkage, I thought it prudent to ask for
> advice/previous experience on what to look for...(at 53, I don't twist
> down there as easily as I used to!).
>
> TIA,
>
> Steve
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