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kickdown woes 700 1986

posted by  jadnhm on  Tue Jan 3 08:51 CST 2006
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Hey guys.

I've been having some trouble with my kickdown cable lately - it's not retracting after being pulled out of the sheath. This seems to only happen when it's cold out. Anything lower than about -5 (Celcius) or so. Also, when I first start away in the morning, the accelerator is 'stuck' and needs to be kicked fairly hard before it will move - like the kickdown cable is frozen and holding the throttle spindle mechanism in place.

I guess I will probably need to get a new cable (?) but since I won't be able to get into a warm (warmer than outside anyway) garage space for a while, I wonder if anyone has any ideas about how to make the damn thing usable in the meantime?

I'm assuming that since it's happening only when it's really cold out, it's probably due to some moisture somewhere that it shouldn't be... but could something be wrong inside the transmission where the other end of the cable hooks up? Is there some adjustment I can make that will allow it to slip back in the sheath after I press on the throttle?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.






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