Here's a weird one - can you guess what it was?

Mar 25, 2007 26 Replies
J

I was tinkering with the Jeep and debating whither I want to tackle the harmonic balancer today (no, I don't have a pusher and HATE messing with those things, I've had nightmare experiences with them on Studebakers), it will wait (I hope) until next weekend and the right tools.



Anyway, the Jeeps been acting strangely lately, sometimes it seems like its down on power, the gas pedal has felt hard, and the idle has been weird, sometimes slow, (especially at startup, even with the engine hot)and sometimes fast, like about 1200 rpm.



I couldn't believe it when I found the problem, and it was an easy fix.



Any ideas?



Answer to be posted tomorrow or so, unless someone gets it first.



Jeff DeWitt


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D

I'd wait and use the right tools, makes it a lot easier.

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M

Rusty or otherwise problematic throttle return spring?

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J

I am, I've learned that lesson the hard way (the way I learn most lessons!)

Jeff DeWitt

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J

Nope, throttle return spring was fine, so was the cable.

Jeff DeWitt

Matt Macchiarolo wrote:

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D

Sticking butterfly caused by crud buildup on the shaft, or a buggered up Throttle position sensor.

I'd pull the throttle cable off and make sure it's moving and not having problems. Dirt and crud can cause a sticky cable.

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J

Good suggestions but that wasn't it.

Jeff DeWitt

DougW wrote:

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J

Nope!

Jeff DeWitt

dado_maker wrote:

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J

Nope, I think everything fell out of it years ago!

Jeff DeWit

dado_maker wrote:

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R

Rodents hiding chestnuts in your intake?

Happened to me once.

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L

"gas pedal has felt hard" purely mechanical, cable or bell crank problem. God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0 mailto: snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

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J

Not exactly, but getting there.

Jeff DeWitt

L.W. (Bill) Hughes III wrote:

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J

I believe it, I've had all kinds of weird thing happen, but that wasn't it this time.

Jeff DeWitt

Richard J K>

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S

Your drivers side floor mat and or carpeting was caught up under the gas pedal.

Snow...

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J

Nope, that was my first thought but not the problem. (And if I started this thread with something like that you guys would be pissed!)

Jeff DeWitt

Snow wrote:

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J

I had a situation with an old Ford van ambulance years ago where the chain from the mechanical throttle control got caught up in the throttle cable...I bet something was loose and got caught up in your throttle linkage, like a vacuum line.

Jerry S.

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