Accelerator to the floor?

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Hi everyone, got a quick question for you.

I'm driving this morning and going down the road my accelerator pedal goes to the floor! I've got it home now thanks to having a truck and towing it, but none of my VW books have any quick fixes. or any fixes at all for that matter. I believe that the accelerator cable has come loose, and i can see it sticking through a small hole in the thing-a-ma-bob that the pedal itself is on top of. Sorry, but i dont know the technical term for it =) Any help would be appreciated, and I'm pretty sure this is just an easy fix with a screwdriver, but I have no idea how to do it =P being in a small corner around all those other pedals doesnt help either =)

Thanks a bunch, Aaron

Speedy Jim · Accepted Answer

Take a look at the left side of the carb and see if the cable is attached to the throttle lever. It it **is** attached and it **is** attached at the pedal end, then it is broken.

Post back with what you find and PLZ the year of whatever it is...

Speedy Jim

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Jeff Rew · Answer

This preceeded the fire in my Bug yesterday. First inkling I had that something was wrong was when the accelerator pedal had no give to it and was lying on the floor.coevans wrote:

Gary Tateosian · Answer

...this happens to me all the time....regardless of what I drive...=-))...Gareth

Sleepy Joe · Answer

I got a 'bulletproof' throttle cable from It is about 4 times t5hicker than the stock cable and is guaranteednot to break. It is a hassle when you go to remove the carb thoughbecause of they way the end is but who cares about that?

Joey Tribiani · Answer

On 29 Jun 2004 07:08:42 -0700,      (SleepyJoe)  ran around screaming and yelling:i have the same cable....i soldered the =end of the cable to make itmore like the "stock" piece....and to also keep it from unraveling andeventually becoming non-reusable..JT

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