|
914 Geek
Join Date: Dec 1969
Location: Silly-Con Valley
Posts: 14,945
|
No bleeding necessary. Some swear words may be--particularly if you have a center console.
First, make sure the cable is the problem. Does the throttle lever (on the engine) move freely? How is the hinge in the base of the throttle pedal?
After you get the problem isolated to the cable (if that is indeed the problem), start by disconnecting the cable from the throttle lever, and threading it down through the right-side engine tin. Also disconnect it from the pedal assembly.
This last part is something of a PITA. I flop the pedal forward and pull the pushrod out of the back of it. I then pull out the floorboard that covers the pedal cluster. (Two or three Allen-head bolts.) Then I work the pushrod to where I can get to the cable end. You may need to remove the carpeting over the center tunnel to get decent access--and that means removing the center console if your car has one.
Loosen the jam nut at the end of the cable, then unscrew the cable end from its holder. You may need to pop the holder off of the throttle linkage's bellcrank to do that. I did, but I'm not sure it was necessary. Pull the old cable out from the back, then feed the new one in. Thread on the holder, put the specified length of thread sticking out, re-attatch, hook the other end of the cable up top the throttle lever, and that's it.
Then you get to put "everything else" back together again...
--DD
|