RE: [DML] Stuck Throttle Cable.

["Joseph Vinciguerra (11-110750)" <joseph.vinciguerra@xxxx>]

Just to add a similarly dangerous happenstance that's appropriate to the season, moisture can collect and freeze in the throttle cable housing and thesame thing happen...the pedal stays to the metal. It happened to me. DMC'ers should invest in the cover that has been developed to prevent this. 

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From: therealdmcvegas <DMCVegas@xxxx> [mailto:DMCVegas@xxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:55 AM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Stuck Throttle Cable.
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> This morning on my way to work. I started having a problem with my 
> gas pedal only wanting to go down half way. I tapped the pedal a bit, 
> and it finally came loose. Then suddenly while taking off from a stop 
> light, my gas pedal hit the floor, and wouldn't come back up. I hit 
> the clutch, and my RPM's redlined. I tapped the pedal, got no 
> response, so I killed the engine, and pulled over to stop. Inspecting 
> the throttle spool, I discovered that the microswitch washer had come 
> loose, and one side was totally disconnected. This allowed the waser 
> to spin around, and wedged my throttle spool in place. Luckily, the 
> other screw was loose enough that I was able to unbolt the 
> microswitch, remove it, and continue on my way to work without 
> incident.
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