Sticky gas pedal

[birdarchitect26]

Thanks Bill, I sure appreciate your help in this matter.

I remove the cable from the engine and pedal assembly. The actual cable is just tough to pull, I'm starting to think the cable has a fray or maybe just old and dirty. I plan to make a small trip this weekend so I'll see if I can manage the pedal with some sort of strap to be able to pull it back if it sticks. I think i might pull the cable out and run a standard cable to follow with removal. I read someone sourced a Morse cable. I will do some calling around, I just can't afford to drop too much on the air throttle. I'll contact my local marine dealer to see if they have a similar boat throttle. I'll spam EBay for a used throttle, I will also call Luke just to meet him and get some verbal advice.

Jay

[Bill Gerrie]

Your welcome Jay. Go to busnut.com as there has just been a discussion about the accelerator cable problem on there.
http://busnut.com/forum/index.php/topic,2520.0.html

[daveola]

I thought my accelerator cable (102A3) was starting to stick until some investigation showed me that it was the metal wall next to the pedal had come unattached and when I was driving (as opposed to manually pushing the pedal down to try to figure out what was sticking) it would push to the right and the pedal would stick a bit along the wall.  I reattached the wall and luckily my problem was solved without any cable work.

[PP]

I thought my accelerator cable (102A3) was starting to stick until some investigation showed me that it was the metal wall next to the pedal had come unattached and when I was driving (as opposed to manually pushing the pedal down to try to figure out what was sticking) it would push to the right and the pedal would stick a bit along the wall.  I reattached the wall and luckily my problem was solved without any cable work.

When I replaced all the flooring in the bus, I got real creative around the pedals with a scroll saw (entire driver's area for that matter) and when I pushed the fuel pedal down by hand, everything worked fine. First time I drove the bus after finishing the floor, the fuel pedal hung up. I realized after studying it for a bit that when you push with your foot you push slightly off to the side without realizing it. A little filing and some lube and haven't had a problem since.