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lucidlamp

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Since: Oct 12, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:55 pm
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Hi,

My accelerator cable disengages from the throttle pulley when I am on the
highway and I have cruise control engaged, rendering my gas pedal useless.
It has happened 2-3 times in the last month or so.

I have to pull over, turn the car off, open the hood and wrap the
disengaged accelerator cable back onto the throttle pulley and everything
is back to normal.

Any thoughts/suggestions as to what is happeneing, or a fixer-upper tip?

1991 Volvo 240 Sedan, Automatic transmission, 116,000 miles +/-

Thanks,
Mehmet

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Mr. V

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:35 am
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You might want to go to a wrecking yard and get a replacement.

Make sure the throttle cable is adjusted correctly:

http://brickboard.com/FAQ/700-900/TransmissionAuto.htm#Kickdown_Cable_Adjustment

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:13 am
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lucidlamp wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My accelerator cable disengages from the throttle pulley when I am on the
> highway and I have cruise control engaged, rendering my gas pedal useless.
> It has happened 2-3 times in the last month or so.
>
> I have to pull over, turn the car off, open the hood and wrap the
> disengaged accelerator cable back onto the throttle pulley and everything
> is back to normal.
>
> Any thoughts/suggestions as to what is happeneing, or a fixer-upper tip?
>
> 1991 Volvo 240 Sedan, Automatic transmission, 116,000 miles +/-
>
> Thanks,
> Mehmet

There are small springs inside that triple pulley assembly that keep the
throttle cable tensioned when the cruise control is in use (and vice
versa), my guess is the spring is broken, or maybe just a little
lubrication is needed.

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
(But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)
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lucidlamp

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:56 pm
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lucidlamp <lucidlamp RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns9863E0DD9CF8lucidlampgmailcom@130.81.64.196:

> Hi,
>
> My accelerator cable disengages from the throttle pulley when I am on
> the highway and I have cruise control engaged, rendering my gas pedal
> useless. It has happened 2-3 times in the last month or so.
>
> I have to pull over, turn the car off, open the hood and wrap the
> disengaged accelerator cable back onto the throttle pulley and
> everything is back to normal.
>
> Any thoughts/suggestions as to what is happeneing, or a fixer-upper
> tip?
>
> 1991 Volvo 240 Sedan, Automatic transmission, 116,000 miles +/-
>
> Thanks,
> Mehmet
>

Thanks for the replies.
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