kas83
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Was on my way to the store to pick up some things when I noticed my accelerator acting funky. I decided to turn back home, since I was only about a mile away. After I shifted into 4th and started accelerating, the truck just kept going. I reached down to pull the pedal back and got nothing. Pushed in the clutch, as I was doing 70 mph in a 55 zone. Tach shot straight to 4000, then kept climbing slowly to 4500 where I shut the truck off. When I restarted the truck, it idled, and that was it. I was able to coast a ways, then had to idle in 2nd to get home. Upon inspection, the plastic piece popped out of the accelerator pedal. When I reinstalled it, it would hang up around 2500 rpm. Then I pulled the cable out as far as I could, and found it to be frayed and ready to snap.
Two questions: Anyone have a good condition cable laying around? And, why the hell would it keep climbing in rpm like it did? It redlined, and then was slowly going up til I decided to shut it off.
Two questions: Anyone have a good condition cable laying around? And, why the hell would it keep climbing in rpm like it did? It redlined, and then was slowly going up til I decided to shut it off.