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kombi69
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posted on December 1st, 2009 at 01:24 PM |
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Accelerator stuck on full throttle!!!!! 1969 Kombi
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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posted on December 1st, 2009 at 03:18 PM |
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is the spring catching on the carby some where
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posted on December 1st, 2009 at 05:16 PM |
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yeah have a lookisee at what dave suggests
grab a mate to give u a hand so u can see it in action
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greedy53
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posted on December 2nd, 2009 at 02:33 PM |
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cabel sound like it is on the last legs fraying and jaming in the cabel pipe
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posted on December 2nd, 2009 at 06:57 PM |
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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
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posted on December 3rd, 2009 at 09:35 PM |
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my beetle used to do this too, the cable was catching at the pipe where it passed through fan housing.
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kombi69
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posted on December 9th, 2009 at 10:48 PM |
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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.
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posted on December 14th, 2009 at 01:28 PM |
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Lucky
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