Original accelerator cable stuck in tunnel - any ideas? Options

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OK, once more with feeling….

This is the 74 that had the misrouted accelerator cable. That has been removed so now I have what I believe is the original accelerator cable, the arrow is pointing at it, which is good in stock in the tunnel.

Even with vice grips on it, I can’t pull it out and it doesn’t really wanna move forward either.

I’m going to have to remove this before I install replacement cable so any ideas or suggestions?

[aturboman]

I ran into the same issue once on a car that sat for a long time. The throttle cable worked fine but when I tried to remove it, it was not happening no matter how hard I pulled.

I eventually cut the cable and pushed a semi flexible metal rod in and was able to free up the threaded cut off cable end. With compressed air I pushed it forward and out of the tube.

The second issue was the new cable could not be inserted more than an inch or so past the firewall before it stopped. I purchased a long drill bit slightly smaller than the ID of the tube and slowly worked it in and out with WD40 until it went in smoothly.
After that the new cable could be installed normally.

My theory is the moisture collected in the tube over a long period of sitting and cause a rust bloom that reduced the ID enough so the threaded shank would not pass through but the much smaller cable operated fine.

I liberally applied grease to the new cable to coat the inner tube and hopefully stop a future issue. I also added a small rubber seal under the new cable sheath to stop any water ingress. Long story but it sounds exactly like what I experienced, good luck.