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Accelerator stuck on full throttle!!!!! 1969 Kombi

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kombi69 Seriously Crusin Dubber

193 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#750164
On the weekend I went for a long drive down the freeway in my 1969 Kombi.

My accelerator got stuck and the car lurched forward. I braked, and the car just pushed through the braking.Next I depressed the clutch and the engine just revved right up! I pulled over, stopped the engine and fiddled with the carb a bit, noticed the carb spring fully extended.
It didn't appear the pedal was stuck on the floormat or anything as simple as that.
It could of been a disaster...big time!!!

This kept happening, so I kept pulling over and "fixing" it to get home.

Has anyone else experienced this???

What is the most likely cause and what should I start looking at to fix this?
thx

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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#750179
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greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#750337
cabel sound like it is on the last legs fraying and jaming in the cabel pipe
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DylanTheDubber Custom Title Time!

1,252 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#750372
Lol , Good ole vw's just like herbie , always got its own ideas. Accelerator getting stuck happened to us before , gets a bit scary lol.

From Dylan

Kafer Lover Officially Full-On Dubber

370 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#750482
my beetle used to do this too, the cable was catching at the pipe where it passed through fan housing.

kombi69 Seriously Crusin Dubber

193 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#751527
thx for the replies. I ended up taking get fixed. was a combination of a bent rod under the pedal and coagulated grease (40 year old original?) in the cable tube.

btw the bloke cleaned out the grease and oiled it instead. My car always felt so sluggish, unresponsive. It moves on command now and still have air between pedal and floor.

dekkerboy Slammed & Awesome Dubber

96 posts · joined Oct 2009 ·

#752312
Lucky