Help, my gas pedal won't move up

[mkii_84@yahoo.com (Andrew Wong)]

The pedal just went down and doesn't come up when I
try to bring it back up it falls back down
--- EUROROC II <flaatr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This seems like the best coarse of action. Remove
> the clip and the 
> accelerator cable from the throttle body and test
> the spring. Start the 
> car... Does it idle normal? if yes check for binding
> on the throttle cable, 
> the cable should move smoothly in and out. If no
> remove the boot over the 
> throttle body and look inside, are both valves
> closed? Moving the linkage 
> should open the small valve first and then as you go
> further the secondary, 
> larger valve, you'll feel more tension when you hit
> the point where the 
> second valve begins to open. moving slowly close the
> throttle body, do both 
> valves close in reverse order? If something is
> binding the valves from 
> closing that your problem.
> 
> This will at least help you identify if the problem
> is in the throttle body 
> or in the cable, there are no springs on the
> throttle pedal, that's why the 
> pedal falling to the floor sounds like a broken
> cable but the idle speed 
> going up in this case doesn't add up to a cable.
> 
> One more thing does the pedal work at all? I mean if
> you lift it up does 
> the idle go down to normal? You may have already
> answered this but I'm on a 
> roll... The cable attaches to the pedal via a small
> rubber bushing. maybe 
> the cable came off, it kinda has a hook shape and
> might be hooked to 
> something. remove the panel under the dash and get a
> flashlight and you'll 
> see what I'm talking about.
> 
> -Raffi
> 
> At 04:35 PM 2/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >First, check the accelerator cable to see if it's
> binding and won't
> >release.  Next, check the linkage on the throttle
> body.  See if it will
> >open and close.  There should be quite a bit of
> spring tension on
> >opening.  If there is no tension, the spring may
> have broken, become
> >disconnected or the shaft is binding.  Take a look
> and see.  If the
> >linkage won't move at all, take off the air tube to
> see if something got
> >stuck in the plates.  Cleaning the linkages with an
> oily solvent like
> >WD-40 might not be a bad idea. If you have a cat
> and it works (and you
> >plan to keep it that way), don't spray a lot of the
> stuff into the
> >intake manifold!
> >
> >Good Luck,
> >Erik L
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Andrew Wong" <mkii_84@yahoo.com>
> >Subject: Help, my gas pedal won't move up
> >
> >
> > > I went to move my 84 to the driveway today and
> while
> > > parking the rpms shot up and I shut off the car,
> but
> > > now I can't drive it.  I started it again and it
> shot
> > > up again.  The pedal just falls to the ground. 
> I had
> > > to push it just to get it back up to park it.  I
> think
> > > the spring for the gas pedal broke.  What would
> I need
> > > to do fix it.  Is it in the Bently for looking
> on the
> > > procedure.  I have the 8-84 book BTW.
> >
> >
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=====
-Andrew Wong 
1984 Black Scirocco(stock)
1987 White Quantum wagon (Stock with auto)
aw614.topcities.com/1984.htm

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