SwayBar

It was not a mechanical over-rev, so no damage done.

Technically, in park or neutral, one can hold the accelerator wide open, and 'bounce' off the rev-limiter until it runs out of gas with no damage to the engine.

khalloudy

Thanks everyone for the feedback. I will be looking into the culprit as suggested before taking the car out again (which is roughly once a week ).

Now... if i can only find the key!!!

Speedtoys

Don't look for -1- thing, do ALL the things you read here.

Cables to quadrant wear..they're all there.

AirtekHVAC

This happened to me on the way back from frenzy. Thought my floor mat might have caused it...put car away for winter ...but winter too mild...got her back out, and it did it again...silicone spray all over the TB linkage and springs took care of it. Smooth as silk now.

Taguid

I found mine sticking and hard to press so replaced cables which stopped the hard press but not sticking. I replaced the quadrant shaft and all bearings because it was badly galled and now works as intended.

soontobered84

The Stepson went to a full on redline at a stoplight about 2 miles from my house due to a frayed throttle cable. I stomped the throttle while simultaneously turning off the ignition which of course broke the remaining strands of the throttle cable. Now, I'm stuck at a busy intersection at a left turn light with a car that will only idle. My middle of the road solution was to tie a rag around the throttle assembly such that the throttle was off-idle and the torque convertor would move the car forward with the brake off. I didn't want too much throttle such that I couldn't overide the forward progress with the brake applied. The first 3/4 mile was downhill and I made good progress. The next 1/2mile was uphill and I was worried that the weight of the car would overcome the torque convertor. It slowed to a crawl but kept on chugging. Topped the hill and I knew I was home free. Pulled into the driveway and called Roger for a part. I replaced the broken /frayed cable and all was good!

khalloudy

Finally got around to going out and looking at the car. All the link cables have slack in them and none have that cone still in place. There is actually one floating cone :-D recommendations?

P.S. I sprayed all the wires with WD40 just in case its a good idea.

Speedtoys

Why, were they wet?

Bill Ball

Yep. I did not experience unintended acceleration because I noticed this CC cable sheath break before it caused a problem, but I could see what the consequences could have been, as Greg describes. So, I disconnected the CC cable until I got a replacement.

khalloudy

Nothing is wet... just sprayed the WD40 to lube the cables just in case.

The black plastic cone on the accelerator cable is loose on the wire and has broken free from the housing. I will try to take a pic. Maybe I should just brake it off. Are those cones replaceable (did not see any feedback on that on Ed's thread)?

Speedtoys

WD40 is Water Dispersant.

It is not lubrication.

There are proper cable sheath lubricants. Probably the only place we wont use Dow111.

khalloudy

I just learned something new... I always thought WD40 lubes things. I think I have some silicone spray and white lithium grease laying around. Any recommendations?

fossberry

Mine was due to a broken accelerator cable. The outer armour had broke free and chafed away at the inner cable until it finally broke under tension, causing it to birdsnest and jam the cable, ironically when I floored it. The wife thought I was just playing silly buggers until she saw me reach down and yank on the gas pedal and said 'f#ck'. Put her into neutral and turned the key off one click and coasted to a stop, after hitting 160km/h in a 100 zone. The cable now hangs in the garage as a reminder when my 928 tried to kill me lol.

Speedtoys

Stop by a local motorcycle store, should be any # of wicking lubes for sheathed cable.

FredR

A few drops of sewing machine oil here and there and especially so where the cable enters the firewall- work the throttle cables back and forth as you add the oil.