88 Cherokee Gas pedal stuck

The pedal connects to a cable that runs up to the throttle body, so you probably have a dirty/corroded cable. You might be able to salvage it by going under the hood and feeding some of the graphite based spedometer cable lube into the cable. Disconnect the cable where it attaches to the throttle body, pull it out as far as you can and soak the exposed cable. Push it back it and work it a bit. Repeat the soak and keep working until it's free. Chances are, it's fouled near the engine end so it should free up pretty quickly. You might also try using either WD-40 or a rust breaker (PB Blaster, Liquid Wrench, etc). Don't use a heavier oil or grease - that will gum up pretty quickly and you'll be back where you started but make sure you use some of the spedo cable lube after you're done since the pentrating stuf will just dry out shortly.

That happened to me this morning in our 88 Cherokee too....

I figure it froze at the engine end, but haven't nailed it down yet. It came back and has been ok since.

I would be looking at the lever on the throttle body. There is a spring there, maybe yours broke. Or froze like mine...

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

BlueBytheC wrote:

thanks will. I'll give it a try once the temps come up a bit !

Thanks Mike. I'm figuring some spring of some sort must be gone because the pedal just flops on the floor.