[Roadsters] Throttle sticks open

Mike Harper roadsterdude1600 at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 17 04:49:32 MDT 2010


Is this a Totota or a Datsun?

Mike Harper, CAI, AARE
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--- On Tue, 8/17/10, Brian Parks <joedatsun at att.net> wrote:

> From: Brian Parks <joedatsun at att.net>
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Throttle sticks open
> To: "Jeff and Lois Holder" <loisandjeff at gmail.com>
> Cc: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 6:34 AM
> Check to see if the pedal is getting
> stuck behind some carpet that has pushed
> up. Happened to me once.
>
>
>
> On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:40 PM, Jeff and Lois Holder wrote:
>
> > 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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