an unpleasant surprise!!

[rotorhead666]

whilst overtaking on a dual carriageway the other day,my throttle cable decided to stay fully open,and continue revving past the redline,so i had to hastily overtake and pull over,switching the engine off!i was surprised to see that it had turned the fanbelt inside out,too!As i had no lubricant with me,i had to manually work the throttle cable until it was moving freely again.Anyone else had this happen to them?

[Don Pamponi]

Ouch!  Sounds scary dude.  Gonna make sure my cable\'s well greased from now on

[rotorhead666]

Different cause this time,same result!A little retaining clip on the accelerator slipped off,i somehow worked out how to fix it(some kind of miracle for me!)and it all goes swimmingly again.or something.

[t2rew]

only time a thottle cable jammed open on me was in my old jag. i was at the entrance to the garage and was going to burn it out . the tyres didnt spin up but the thottle was wide open and the car was moving through the garage and started pushing things up against the bench untill i thought of turning it off:reallymad

[cjr]

worst one is when you go to wheel spin a car get it spinning lift off jump on brakes as car in front 3m\'s away and find someone has removed front calipers! thank God for the handbrake. only a little dent in there bumper! opps

[Don Pamponi]

Dose that happen to you often then, finding someones stolen bits of your car?

[cjr]

not that often. Just a car i was moving for the next door garage, poor beetle that i hit ( Hit front bumper, rear bumper hit door). Both off my cars seem to have a sign that says "hit me I don\'t mind" on them atm!