2000/W reg ford fiesta
my stepbrother managed to fix it before by bashing it with a screwdriver. I'll bash it myself in the morning, and if I bash the wrong bit well hey, it's already broken and it'll make me feel better.
(berk, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:28, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Does it sound like this?
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=73712
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:31, Reply)

Hrrrmmm a bit
it doesn't always come back down again though, and the accelerator pedal just goes completely limp and flat to the floor. There's a spring on the accelerator cable just as it goes in to the engine, and when it suddenly revs up and won't come down again, that spring is all compacted. I *should* be able to wedge it back out again, or at least make it driveable enough to get in to the garage tomorrow.
(berk, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:36, Reply)

Well just be mindful that you might have to put the car in neutral if it happens
Which if it over-revs massively, won't do the engine any favours for a prolonged period of time.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:37, Reply)

Yeah, I know
Each time it's done it before I've knocked it out of gear and then turned it off if I couldn't pop the pedal back up straight away.
(berk, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:39, Reply)

Joining Bob's new thread?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:41, Reply)

Aye go on.

(berk, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:41, Reply)