Gas pedal stuck down...... What did I hit.

[kevspyder]

So a hose came off the BOV so I was putting it back on and I was moving around the front mount tubes just pushing them to the side a bit. So I jumped in start the car and now the pedal is stuck down. I did this about 10 minutes ago and I was just really tired from work so I just decided to deal with it tomorrow after work. Anyone have a picture of what I might have hit to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[romeen]

Make sure the throttle cable did not come off of the throttle lever. If it is still in place and the throttle is stuck open then try returning the throttle to the closed position by hand. Check to see if the throttle cable is binding on anything.

 

[RedWagon]

I had this happen to me on my old 95 GST. The cable freyed inside the housing and kept it at WOT and it kept pinging off redline. I had to end up replacing the cable. Go to a junk yard cheapest way out

 

[kevspyder]

I don't think it broke. I didn't really do anything to break it, more than likely I just moved something off track. I'm just not sure which one the throttle cable is.

 

[turbosax2]

Find your intake manifold. There will be a steel line bolted to the top of it towards the firewall. This is your throttle cable. Trace the throttle cable all the way back and look for any damage or binding. The cable can be adjusted by loosening the 2 bolts holding it to the intake manifold, adjusting it as needed, then tightening the bolts down again.

 

[kevspyder]

Thanks a lot for the help, looks like I have my afternoon project!

 

[zatomz]

Follow the upper intercooler pipe to the throttle body, look there laying on the firewall side of the throttle body, see the above mentioned steel line with the small barrel looking thing on the end? Open the throttle body ( twist the top towards the driver side) then you will bend the barrel like you would peel the bottom of a banana down and bring it back to you. Then, set the wire in that little channel looking thing and let her go, it'll fix itself. I'm sorry I was bored I wanted to add detail to the story. Don't worry its just a car, the worst you could do would be to blow it up

 

[kevspyder]

Ha, yeah... Blow it up. I've had the car for 2 days. I have to atleast wait a month before I blow it up. Thanks for the help though! All and any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[turbosax2]

Is the pedal floppy or is it stuck down? If it's just floppy, then the cable probably came off of the throttle body like zatomz said.

 

[kevspyder]

Yeah it's just floppy, I'll give ya an update when I get home.

 

[turbosax2]

Yeah it's just floppy, I'll give ya an update when I get home.

Once you find the throttle cable, trace the end of it to find the "barrel" (see picture below). That barrel should be in the hole in the plate on the side of the throttle body. If it's not, rotate the plate all the way open, then shove the barrel in the hole.

Once that's done, adjust the throttle cable so that when the gas pedal is fully depressed the throttle body plate is fully open. For how to do that, see this thread.

 

[kevspyder]

awesome!!! Thanks so much for the help! The pictures made it extremely clear! I'll let ya know what happens when I get home!

 

[kevspyder]

So I came home and the peddle isn't floppy it's pretty much tight I tried following the lines but they're covered in padding.

 

[turbosax2]

So I came home and the peddle isn't floppy it's pretty much tight I tried following the lines but they're covered in padding.

The padding is the line. The steel line is only exposed at the ends.

Can you give me any more information on your situation so I can help out better?



I'll just throw out a few things I would check, basically looking for anything abnormal:

1. Crawl under the dash and look at the very top of the gas pedal. This is where the line connects to the pedal. You will see a yellow connector that holds the line to pedal.

2. Check where the line attaches to the throttle body, like in the pictures I posted earlier. Open the throttle body plate by hand (rotate the big gold piece on the throttle body) and see if it binds there too.

3. Try adjusting the line using the 2 bolts that hold the line to the intake manifold (http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/newbie-forum/276042-resolved-throttle-cable-streched.html).

4. Trace the line the whole way and look for anywhere it may be binding.

5. Take the cover off of the cruise control box (http://members.shaw.ca/dsm.1000q/Engineprimer/2G/cruise.htm) and look for anything abnormal inside there. You just have to take a few bolts off to remove the cover from the top of the box.


This link may help you with some ideas too.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/art...oving-cruise-control-installing-nc-cable.html

 

[kevspyder]

That was was some great help! Here is what I found out. The problem lies between the peddle and and the box where the throttle cable and cruise cable junctions. Here are some pictures....

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[turbosax2]

Inside the cruise control box find the track that holds that part of the throttle cable. Is the cable still on the track ok? Can you rotate the track by hand?

 

[kevspyder]

I believe there are 3 tabs and all of them are in their spots. It's almost like it needs to be tightened somehow.

 

[turbosax2]

I believe there are 3 tabs and all of them are in their spots. It's almost like it needs to be tightened somehow.

I'll go grab a cruise control box I have lying around and see if I can figure anything out for you.

 

[kevspyder]

Thinking about it, maybe when I was pushing things around it stretched one of the cables and made that one that connects to the peddle longer? Let me know what you come up with.

 

[turbosax2]

I tried playing around with the cruise control box I have but didn't have much luck.

Do these pictures help you out?

 

[kevspyder]

Yeah that helps, I'll have to play around with it tomorrow. Thanks for all the help brosif!

 

[turbosax2]

No problem. If you don't have any luck trying to adjust the cables, you could try completely removing all the cables and reinstalling them. Sometimes that helps me fix a problem for some reason. Just remember how it all goes back together.

Another option is to completely ditch the cruise control system, although that would be the easy way out You would replace the whole system with a non-cruise control cable that goes straight from the gas pedal to the throttle body
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/art...oving-cruise-control-installing-nc-cable.html

 

[kevspyder]

well I took that junction box all apart tonight and still am clueless as I was last night. No idea what's hanging up. I'm gonna see if I can get a co working to help me out tomorrow night and see what happens.

 

[turbosax2]

well I took that junction box all apart tonight and still am clueless as I was last night. No idea what's hanging up. I'm gonna see if I can get a co working to help me out tomorrow night and see what happens.

Did all 3 of the tracks spin freely when you took the cables off?

 

[kevspyder]

I didn't take them all off, I just took the one off coming from the peddle and played around with the one going to the throttle body. Everything looked pretty good.