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Old 11-08-03, 01:16 PM
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HELP gas pedel wont go down

i press the pedel and it just goes down like a 1/4 of an inch, and i cant see whats stoping it, any ideas

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Old 11-08-03, 01:33 PM
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check to see if the throttle cable linkage is caught. probably where you really cant see underneat everything. get a little mirror and check. also that little plunger thing on the back of the carb, make sure it's pulled out and over the little hooks. i know this isnt a good description buti'm in a hurry. sorry
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ok, i cant see anything thats not hooked up...if i push down on the throttle thingie(where the throttle cable attaches) i cant get it to go down any further!!
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still not working....
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Look here, near the bottom of my cardomain page

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/266801/4
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thanks for the tip...still no luck, its on there correctly
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Theres also a stopper bolt for the pedal. Maybe it came loose?
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like in the car under the pedel?? b/c it seams to be that when i push on the throttle thingie(the thing the throttle cable is pulling) that it doesnt want to go that far...
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Yes, theres 2 adjustments at the pedal. one is the full throttle stop.
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Uhhhh Take off your air cleaner housing and look at your carb at the back. Look at all the mechanisim (im assuming NIKKI)
there should be a leaver that catches a cable and the cable has 2 nipples on it and just rests on this leaver if that cable is off, throttle wont go all the way down from gas peddle
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whoops
hehehe should of looked at the page
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^^^ i want to get driving!!! anyone else know anything before i figure out how to get the carb off? never done that before, this is my first carbed car
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ok checked pedel stop, its not even hitting it...
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Remove the air cleaner housing. On the back of teh carb look at the linkage. At the aft end of the shaft linkage is a tab that a plunger sits on. Push on the tab to actuate the throttle there and see whats binding it.
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