Cant get accelerator cable to install! SUCCESS!, Seems to hit a blockage 11 inches in |
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Cant get accelerator cable to install! SUCCESS!, Seems to hit a blockage 11 inches in |
rnellums |
Jul 25 2012, 08:12 PM
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Professional Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 1,646 Joined: 26-November 09 From: Littleton, CO Member No.: 11,072 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I have installed 5-6 accelerator cables previously and most are in and out in a snap. Not so with this car!
I disconnect the accelerator cable as usual from the front and begin to pull it back. everything was going well until right before it exits the firewall where it hits a hard snag. It jammed in tight and i had to use a coat hanger as a drift to push it back forward again. I tried snaking it back and forth for 45 minutes with it hitting the snag in the same spot every time. Then I tried filing down the shank. Still snagged at the same spot. Finally, I pushed it all the way forward again and cut the shank off. SO now the old cable is out. Of course when I go to install the new cable it jams up in the same place. I used a longer coat hanger to slide back and forth through the tunnel and I cant seem to find anywhere it really hits hard (even to the point of running the coat hanger all the way to the front of the accelerator tube. My question is, how the hell do I git this done? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) My current thoughts are to go to the hardware store and buy a steel rod the same diameter as the shank and try pushing that through. Help please! Thanks, -Ross |
dangrouche |
Jul 25 2012, 11:04 PM
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dangrouche Group: Members Posts: 550 Joined: 1-May 04 From: San Francisco Bay Area Member No.: 2,012 Region Association: None |
i had a similar problem and did the coat hanger and WD-40. Simply "twirl" or rotate clockwise while pushing forward. you will be pushing on the cable right where the cable enters the tube at the back panel wall. once the threaded end of the cable gets past that slight obstruction through the twirling process, it should slide right in. think of the new cable as a drill and you are rotating the new cable as the drill bit. report how this goes
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