hmmm well i just got recovered home with a strange little problem....driving over the dartford bridge the throttle pedal went to the floor and the car started to slow down.
quite an easy problem to solve i thought throttle cable must have snapped.... but no the throttle cable still attached both ends but all the rubber grommitey things in the bulkhead have been pulled through and are now resting on top of the throttle pedal.....there is also a sticky rubbery substance everywhere which could be melted grommit but its tricky to say.
i have to say i have never heard of this happening on any car, i cant imagine how the grommets could break up to such an extent that they got pulled into the car. Oh and i have checked the bulkhead hole and it is still nice and circular no one has bent it out of shape
has anyone ever seen anything like this before??
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Maybe the cable you're replacing is itself a replacement (with me so far?) and in fitting it maybe the fitter(it's getting worse)used a lubricant to help the grommets along. If he used something 'corrosive' maybe that's where the problem is.
I can see it now; stuck under the bonnet trying to fit a tight grommet - stick your fingers in the resevoir and give the grommets a smear of LHM?
Use vasline on the new ones if necessary.
I can see it now; stuck under the bonnet trying to fit a tight grommet - stick your fingers in the resevoir and give the grommets a smear of LHM?
Use vasline on the new ones if necessary.
could be, the cable came with the car years ago, i have never smeared lhm on it but i can see why someone else might...... i just wonder what else in the car is slowly dissolving....anyway took everything apart put some hose clips on the cable to stop it being drawn through the bulkhead and should hold until i can get another cable
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