[Roadsters] Throttle sticks open

[Graeme]

Hey! That's uncalled for!
No joke, a sticking throttle is a REAL scare!
Panic is your immediate remedy, followed by turning off the engine!
But then, your steering is locked [on a modern car]!
 

-----Original Message-----
From: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Mike Harper
Sent: Tuesday, 17 August 2010 8:20 PM
To: Jeff and Lois Holder; Brian Parks
Cc: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Throttle sticks open

Is this a Totota or a Datsun?

Mike Harper, CAI, AARE
Harper Auction & Realty
843-729-4996
"Experience Sells"

www.AuctionMyRealEstate.NET      


--- 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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