[Roadsters] Throttle sticks open

[Gordon Glasgow]

I had the same thing happen to me. I finally figured it out when I had the
hood up and saw smoke coming up off the throttle cable when I was cranking
the engine! ("Hmmm, I don't remember seeing the throttle cable in the wiring
diagram....")

Gordon Glasgow

-----Original Message-----
From: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Paul Bauman
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 10:47 PM
To: Autox
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Throttle sticks open

I never figured it out exactly, but yes, that's about it. The current
load is particularly high when you crank the starter and that's when it
finally froze up on me. Ever since I strapped the negative battery
terminal to a bolt on the frame and from that bolt to the engine, I
never had another problem with well-done throttle cables.

Paul


-----Original Message-----
From: peter harrison <granvillecomputing at hotmail.com>
To: plhbauman at earthlink.net
Subject: RE: [Roadsters] Throttle sticks open
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:38:53 -0700

wow - really - never would have thought of THAT one - so - throttle
cable to brake pedal to body ??

Peter

> From: plhbauman at earthlink.net
> To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:26:07 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Throttle sticks open
> 
> Jeff:
> 
> Check the battery/frame/engine ground. Make sure you don't have a
> missing ground strap anywhere. If you lose ground to the engine, the
> path the battery finds back to itself is through the throttle cable.
> They can get sticky, or as happened to me, the throttle got sticky,
then
> the cable finally spot welded itself to the inside of the sheath and
> that was that.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Paul Bauman
> Westminster, CA
> 67 1600
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff and Lois Holder <loisandjeff at gmail.com>
> To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Roadsters] Throttle sticks open
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:40:25 -0700
> 
> HI guys,
> 
> Thanks for the help with the voltage regulator. Everything is working
now. But
> I have another problem.
> 
> I took it out for its maiden drive a couple of days ago. I drove
around for
> several miles then stopped for gas. When I started going again, the
gas peddle
> was "heavy" and hard to smoothly accelerate. I took it out today
several times
> for short trips with no problems. I then drove it about ten miles and
stop for
> a bit. When I started up again, the gas pedal was heavy but this time
the
> throttle stuck open and wouldn't go back to idle.
> 
> My guess is that when I stopped the engine temperature rose and the
linkage
> expanded. Was I supposed to use a lubricant on the linkage? Any ideas.
> 
> Jeff Holder
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