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 72superbug
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| posted on January 25th, 2012 at 06:39 PM |
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Accelerator dropped out
Hey guys..just driving home today in my 72 super beetle when the accelerator just dropped to the floor and the cars revs returned to idle
position......can't rev car from accelerator but can from engine bay.....the rod controlling the revs behind the pedal seems to have no more
springiness....the rod just goes up and down ....just wondering what it could be and has this happened to anyone....can someone help
please....greatly appreciated ps...my accelerator has no visible spring behind it just a short rod
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Smiley
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| posted on January 25th, 2012 at 06:54 PM |
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Sounds like you've snapped an accelerator cable or it has possibly fallen off at the pedal end.
Try pulling on the end of it from the engine bay and see it it pulls out of the car.
Smiley 
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AyeBee
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| posted on January 25th, 2012 at 06:55 PM |
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Accelerator cable snapped at some point halfway between the carb and the pedal? (has happened to me)
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68AutoBug
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| posted on January 25th, 2012 at 10:17 PM |
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posted by 72superbug
Hey guys..just driving home today in my 72 super beetle when the accelerator just dropped to the floor and the cars revs returned to idle
position......can't rev car from accelerator but can from engine bay.....the rod controlling the revs behind the pedal seems to have no more
springiness....the rod just goes up and down ....just wondering what it could be and has this happened to anyone....can someone help
please....greatly appreciated ps...my accelerator has no visible spring behind it just a short rod
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the spring is on the carburetor...
Your cable has snapped..
[I carry a spare] lol
they aren't expensive... less than $20..
cheers
LEE
check out: - http://www.vw-resource.com/
look up accelerator cable replacement..
LEE
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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